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The memory librarian : and other stories of dirty computer / Janelle Monaae.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Voyager, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 321 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063070875 (hardcover)
  • 0063070871 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: No title; Memory librarianDDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23/eng/20211006
Contents:
Introduction: Breaking Dawn / by Janelle Monaae -- The Memory Librarian / by Janelle Monaae & Alaya Dawn Johnson -- Nevermind / by Janelle Monaae & Danny Lore -- Timebox / by Janelle Monaae & Eve L. Ewing -- Save Changes / by Janelle Monaae & Yohanca Delgado -- Timebox Altar(ed) / by Janelle Monaae & Sheree Renee Thomas.
Summary: "Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monaae and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monaae 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 Monaae 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"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Print Athens Science fiction SF Mon (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40000000080391
Print Nelsonville Science fiction SF Mon (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40000000080392
Total holds: 0

Introduction: Breaking Dawn / by Janelle Monaae -- The Memory Librarian / by Janelle Monaae & Alaya Dawn Johnson -- Nevermind / by Janelle Monaae & Danny Lore -- Timebox / by Janelle Monaae & Eve L. Ewing -- Save Changes / by Janelle Monaae & Yohanca Delgado -- Timebox Altar(ed) / by Janelle Monaae & Sheree Renee Thomas.

"Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monaae and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monaae 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 Monaae 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"--