The Memory Librarian - And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monae and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monae such a compelling and celebrated storyteller.Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts - as a means of self-conception - could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who''d convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it''s like to live in such a totalitarian existence... and what it takes to get out of it. Building off the traditions of speculative writers such as Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, Becky Chambers, and Nnedi Okorafor-and filled with the artistic genius and powerful themes that have made Monae a worldwide icon in the first place - The Memory Librarian serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, but also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exists there.

Product details

• Authors: Janelle Monae, Janelle Monáe
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2022
• EAN: 9780008512415
• ISBN: 978-0-00-851241-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Science Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Space Opera, Short Stories, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk, FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, Science fiction: Space opera, Science fiction: cyberpunk / biopunk, Dystopian & utopian fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Science fiction: time travel, Science fiction: near future, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media