Death of the author : a novel / Nnedi Okorafor.
"Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister's lavish Caribbean wedding, she's unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It's a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots. When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey--one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu's novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next."-- Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063391147
- ISBN: 0063391147
- ISBN: 9780063445789
- ISBN: 0063445786
- Physical Description: 435 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Limited edition with special cover design that says "Rusted Robots: a novel" underneath the dust jacket. |
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| Genre: | Science fiction. Novels. |
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- 36 of 63 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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- 4 current holds with 63 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC OKORAFOR (Text) | 36015001915939 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/10/2025 |
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