![]() ![]() ![]() When a person dies, their imago is removed and implanted in a young person. Usually implanted around the age of 18, an imago records a person’s every thought and memory so that critical knowledge is never lost. More than a dozen generations ago, Lsel engineers invented a tiny device called an imago. With a tiny population, they cannot afford to lose experience, even in death. A remote mining outpost called Lsel Station sits on the edge of civilized space, allowed to remain independent from the galaxy-spanning Texicalaanli empire largely because it has nothing valuable to offer. “Was there even such a thing as Mahit Dzmare, in the context of a Teixcalaanli city, a Teixcalaanli language, Teixcalaanli politics infecting her all through, like an imago she wasn’t suited for, tendrils of memory and experience growing into her like the infiltrates of some fast-growing fungus.” – Arkady Martine, A Memory Called EmpireĪ Memory Called Empire begins with a bizarre premise, but one that may be familiar to sci-fi fans. ![]()
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