Mem

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Call Number: Science Fiction / Morrow, Bethany, Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Morrow, Bethany C.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction / Morrow, Bethany	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / General / Morrow, Bethany C.	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Set in the glittering art deco world of a century ago, MEM makes one slight alteration to history: a scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete. The Mems exist as mirror-images of their source -- zombie-like creatures destined to experience that singular memory over and over, until they expire in the cavernous Vault where they are kept. And then there is Dolores Extract #1, the first Mem capable of creating her own memories. An ageless beauty shrouded in mystery, she is allowed to live on her own, and create her own existence, until one day she is summoned back to the Vault. What happens next is a gorgeously rendered, heart-breaking novel in the vein of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Debut novelist Bethany Morrow has created an allegory for our own time, exploring profound questions of ownership, and how they relate to identity, memory and history, all in the shadows of Montreal's now forgotten slave trade."...Amazon.com.

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Interesting Speculative Fiction submitted by dntanzer on August 31, 2018, 2:51pm This book is what I consider Speculative Fiction, meaning it poses questions and spends the duration of the book exploring the answers. In this case, questions about how we define humanity in the face of certain scientific inventions. The book was well-written and I cared about the characters. It could be a bit confusing and sometimes a smidge slow, but overall I really enjoyed it!