Two recent books of speculative fiction examine the past and the near future using technologies that purport to help humanity. They raise questions of the nature of happiness and person-hood through compelling characterization and subtle world-building. Mem: A Novel explores a Montreal of the mid 1920s, fully integrating a scientific discovery that allows the wealthy to extract memories that they find too disturbing to relive.…
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Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
