02674cam a2200349 4500 552904173 TxAuBib 20220503120000.0 211006s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021049120 9780063070875 HRD 28.99 0063070871 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib Monáe, Janelle. Short stories Selections. The memory librarian [BOOK] : and other stories of dirty computer / Janelle Monáe. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper Voyager, [2022] xi, 321 pages ; 24 cm. The memory librarian / by Janelle Monáe & 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220503. Artificial intelligence Fiction. Totalitarianism Fiction. Science fiction. Short stories. Johnson, Alaya Dawn, 1982-, author. Lore, Danny, author. Ewing, Eve L., author. Delgado, Yohanca, author. Thomas, Sheree R., author.