{"product_id":"the-memory-librarian-by-janelle-monae-9780008512446","title":"The Memory Librarian","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Memory Librarian\u003c\/em\u003e, music, fashion, film, and futurist icon Janelle Monáe returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, \u003cem\u003eDirty Computer\u003c\/em\u003e, to explore how different threads of liberation—queerness, race, gender plurality, love—become tangled in a totalitarian landscape… and to discover the costs of unravelling them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever controls our memories controls the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJanelle 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. \u003cem\u003eDirty Computer\u003c\/em\u003e 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 were dictated by those who had convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat 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—\u003cem\u003eThe Memory Librarian\u003c\/em\u003e serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, while also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exist there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409822666988,"sku":"9780008512446","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/28044363482190.jpg?v=1746111409","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-memory-librarian-by-janelle-monae-9780008512446","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}