MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST by Ai Jiang

Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost: Stories

Ai Jiang
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    Publication Date

    April 6, 2027

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    9798897320509 (Hardcover)
    9798897320516 (eBook)

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    About Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost

    From Chinese-Canadian award-winning author Ai Jiang comes a masterful debut collection of short fiction that explores both near-future and far-future societies, the quiet horrors of tradition, found family and those we've lost, the value of language and identity, and more.

    Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost features 40 works of sci-fi, horror, and literature, including the Hugo Award-nominated "I AM AI", the Nebula Award-finalist "Give Me English", and many others.

    Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost News
    Ai Jiang - Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost
    August 27, 2025

    New Deal Announcement – MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST

    Today we are excited to announce we’ve acquired Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost, a collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories / novelettes by Ai Jiang…
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    June 4, 2025

    Celebrating 40,000 Books Sold

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    December 6, 2024

    I AM AI being taught at the University of Toronto St. George

    We are excited to share that Ai Jiang‘s novelette, I AM AI, will be taught at the University of Toronto St. George…
    I AM AI is a Locus Award Finalist
    May 9, 2024

    I AM AI is a Locus Award Finalist

    We are very excited to announce Ai Jiang‘s novelette, I AM AI, which we published last June, is a finalist for the Locus Award! This is the third major award…
    I AM AI is a Hugo Award Finalist
    March 29, 2024

    I AM AI is a Hugo Award Finalist

    We are very excited to announce Ai Jiang‘s novelette, I AM AI, which we published last June, is a finalist for the Hugo Award…
    Celebrating 10,000 Books Sold!
    March 28, 2024

    Celebrating 10,000 Books Sold

    We sold our 10,000th book last night! Thank you to all our authors, readers, reviewers, and friends for your early support…
    I AM AI is a Nebula Award Finalist
    March 15, 2024

    I AM AI is a Nebula Award Finalist

    We are very excited to announce AI Jiang’s novelette, I AM AI, which we published last June, is a finalist for the Nebula Award…
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    October 4, 2023

    I AM AI featured on BookRiot’s list of 20 Must-Read Sci-Fi Novels About A.I.

    On BookRiot’s list of “20 Must-Read Sci-Fi Novels About AI”, sandwiched between genre milestones I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the basis of the Blade Runner films) by Philip K Dick, is our very own I AM AI by Ai Jiang…
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    June 19, 2023

    Horror DNA reviews I AM AI

    Horror DNA recently posted their review of Ai Jiang’s new novelette, I AM AI. They gave the book 4 out of 5 stars, saying…
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    June 1, 2023

    I AM AI Launch Events

    For the release of Ai Jiang’s novelette, I AM AI, we have partnered with two bookstores for two exciting launch events…
    Ai vs AI - Ai Jiang vs ChatGPT
    May 3, 2023

    Ai vs A.I. – Ai Jiang takes on ChatGPT live!

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    Alan Lastufka on HWA StokerCon Panel
    April 25, 2023

    Alan Lastufka on StokerCon Panel: KEEPING THE ARTIFICIAL OUT OF ART: AI, BOTS, and CHATGPT

    We’re excited to announce Shortwave founder Alan Lastufka will be included on the StokerCon Panel for Keeping the Artificial out of Art: AI, Bots, and ChatGPT…
    I AM AI being taught at the University of Washington
    April 24, 2023

    Ai Jiang’s I AM AI being taught at the University of Washington

    We are excited to share that Ai Jiang’s forthcoming novelette, I AM AI, will be taught this semester at the University of Washington…
    Cover Reveal - I AM AI
    February 22, 2023

    Cover Reveal – I AM AI

    Today we are revealing the cover for Ai Jiang’s sci-fi novelette, I AM AI… “Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human.” –Samit Basu, author of Turbulence
    About the Author

    Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte Award winner, Nebula and Locus Award finalist, and an immigrant from Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario. She is a member of HWA and SFWA. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, Uncanny, among others. She is the recipient of Odyssey Workshop’s 2022 Fresh Voices Scholarship and the author of Linghun and I AM AI.

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