THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
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VOYAGER
| Author:
Mon¤e, Janelle
| Language:
English
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Paperback
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In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and futurist icon Janelle Mon¡e returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation: queerness, race, gender plurality, love: become tangled in a totalitarian landscape€¦ and to discover costs of unravelling them. Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Mon¡e and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Mon¡e 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 Mon¡e 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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In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and futurist icon Janelle Mon¡e returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation: queerness, race, gender plurality, love: become tangled in a totalitarian landscape€¦ and to discover costs of unravelling them. Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Mon¡e and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Mon¡e 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 Mon¡e 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.
About Author
Janelle Mon¡e is widely celebrated as an American singer/song writer, actress, producer, and futurist with a globally successful career spanning over a decade. With her highly theatrical and stylized concept albums, she has garnered eight Grammy nominations and has her own label imprint, Wondaland Arts Society. Mon¡e has also earned great success as an actor, starring in critically acclaimed films including Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Harriet, The Glorias, and the 22 horror film Antebellum. She is also currently in production for the highly anticipated sequel Knives Out 2.
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