The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human, 9781915983466
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New reality, old memories, a dangerous drug, a missing artist.

The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    10 February 2026

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Summary

A near-future real-life society transitions to a post-capitalist, post-climate change reality.

The Department Of What It (Really) Means To Be Human is a thoughtful, optimistic sci-fi novel set in a near-future Aotearoa New Zealand where an investigator navigates a newly post-capitalist world in their search for a missing artist. When the world changed, Emerald Hutson closed the door on their old life. Now they’re a freelance investigator for the Grants and Stipends Office, au…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915983466
ISBN-10:1915983460
Author:M. Darusha Wehm
Publisher:Goldsmiths, University of London
Imprint:Goldsmiths, University of London
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:10 February 2026
Weight:369g
Dimensions:178mm x 127mm
Series:Goldsmiths Press / Gold SF
About The Author

M. Darusha Wehm

M. Darusha Wehm is the Nebula Award-nominated and Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning author of the interactive fiction game The Martian Job, the award-winning Hamlet, Prince of Robots, and over a dozen other novels, including the Terraforming Mars tie-in Shores of a New Horizon. Their short fiction has been published widely and their poetry has been a finalist for the Rhysling Award. Darusha is a member of the Many Worlds writing collective and they are a fifth of the writing team Darkly Lem. Originally from Canada, Darusha lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand after several years sailing the Pacific.

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