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Author Monáe, Janelle, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.6 M7415m 2022    ---  Axe Inventory 2024
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 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Science Fiction  SF Monae    ---  Available
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Edition First edition.
Description xi, 321 pages ; 24 cm
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volume nc rdacarrier
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Contents Introduction: Breaking Dawn / by Janelle Monáe -- The Memory Librarian / by Janelle Monáe & Alaya Dawn Johnson -- Nevermind / by Janelle Monáe & Danny Lore -- Timebox / by Janelle Monáe & Eve L. Ewing -- Save Changes / by Janelle Monáe & Yohanca Delgado -- Timebox Altar(ed) / by Janelle Monáe & Sheree Renée Thomas.
Summary "Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe 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 Monáe 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.
Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
Science fiction, American.
Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
Genre/Form Science fiction.
Short stories.
Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
Short stories.
Science fiction.
Science fiction.
Short stories.
Added Author Delgado, Yohanca, author.
Ewing, Eve L., author.
Johnson, Alaya Dawn, 1982- author.
Lore, Danny, author.
Thomas, Sheree R., author.
Added Title Other stories of dirty computer
ISBN 9780063070875 (hardcover)
0063070871 (hardcover)
9780063070882 (trade paperback)
006307088X (trade paperback)
9780063070899 (ebook)
9780008512408 (hbk.)
000851240X (hbk.)
9780008512422 (ePub ebook)
Standard No. 40031093101

 
    
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