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There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

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728 points squircle | 1 comments | 12 Aug 24 13:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
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Something1234 ◴[12 Aug 24 14:36 UTC] No.41224871[source]▶
I really like his book Ra. It's a great example of secret societies and layers within layers. Although to me it honestly sounds impossible.
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bazzargh ◴[12 Aug 24 15:37 UTC] No.41225655[source]▶
I really enjoyed it too, though the first half of the book is better than the second.

I'd bought it while stuck in an airport trudging through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy (which I hated), saw a book by qntm in my recommended list and bought it instantly, having read their online stuff. Unlike the KSR, it was great fun and I blazed through it.

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1. BLKNSLVR ◴[12 Aug 24 16:03 UTC] No.41225997[source]▶
I've read, and mostly enjoyed the experience, KSRs Mars Trilogy. The all-encompassing scope definitely gets tiring, but I found most of it interesting enough that I'd look forward to the evenings going to bed and reading to find out the next stage of the evolution of the society or terraforming progress or political (in)stability.

I'm glad I've read it, but I doubt I'll return to it.

I'll definitely be looking for this as a book gift to myself.