bigethan reviewed There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
A great idea done at the right length
5 stars
A fun and short SF book that takes an idea, toys with it some, and then wraps it up without going on too long.
paper back, 227 pages
Published Dec. 24, 2020 by SCP Foundation Wiki.
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.
Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams...
But anomalous antimemes are another matter entirely. How do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight a war against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war?
Welcome to the Antimemetics Division.
No, this is not your first day.
A fun and short SF book that takes an idea, toys with it some, and then wraps it up without going on too long.