This was my final read from the Forward collection. They are all short stories which fall under the science fiction genre of writing. Emergency Skin was a thought provoking read about the way humans live. Returning to earth after serious threats of global warming forced his people to flee, our protagonist finds that humankind has survived. However, things are not the way they used to be. Now, there are no boarders, an equal wealth distribution, and a general sense of compassion for each and every inhabitant of earth. A moral dilemma is then presented to the protagonist about if the way his people live is correct or do the humans on earth have it right after all.