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Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Re: Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Post by FabHK »

mentalpagefault wrote: post #40
AnotherGoodName wrote: post #7

I wonder if this is for the rewrite or the first version. I read the first version and thought the first half was good and that the second half felt clunky. To the point where i don’t recommend it to anyone (not a huge negative, there’s just better books out there).

This review appears to be of the first version despite the recent date. (The rewrite filed the serial numbers off the SCP references and changed character names both for copyright reasons and to provide a degree of separation from the original.) I read both versions and agree that the second half of the first version was very abstract and difficult to follow. While I would consider the first half of the new version m…

The article says:

"And at the top of the food chain sits SCP-3125 (renamed in the published edition, but the designation is so perfect I am using it anyway) ..."

Re: Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Post by tshaddox »

scrumbledober wrote: post #39

It's surely not a great book and if you are someone who reads a book every few months i wouldn't recommend it. It's very weird and different and fun, though. I suggest it for people who read a lot of sci-fi and are looking for something that doesn't feel the same as 10 other books they've already read.

I'm smack dab in that "reads a book every few months" demographic, and also in that "people who work with formal systems for a living" demographic mentioned in this book review.

I would absolutely recommend it for people in the vicinity of these two demographics. It's worth it for the originality. Both the plot and the storytelling format are very weird and very original.

Re: Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Post by moss_dog »

cwillu wrote: post #28
yellottyellott wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the first half was good and that the second half felt clunky > The second half was garbage, but the first half was so good so you had the same reaction?

> To the point where i don’t recommend it to anyone > but the first half was so good and original I'd recommend it just for that Attension span so short you couldn't even make it to the second half of the sentence before dismissing it

I think this comment is unnecessarily harsh.

To anyone confused (like me), the commenters above had opposite recommendations despite having similar opinions of the book.

Re: Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Post by gh02t »

Semaphor wrote: post #30
gh02t wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It usually says somewhere in the description I think. E.g. this one (good series, btw): https://www.amazon.com/Shattering-Peace-Old-Mans-Book-ebook/... > At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Not sure how universal that is, but I've seen similar language on several other books.

Oh wow, that's hidden. Thanks. Wait, OMW book 7? Wtf? Thank you even more! That'll be up next after my Hyperion re-read (RIP Dan)

It's an enjoyable read, hopefully it's the start of a whole new arc in the series with more to come. My only real complaint is it's short and I want more. If you never read his other Interdependency series, it's also great.

Re: Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Post by jppope »

The book was good but I struggled to finish it. You as a reader are encouraged to read because the ideas are so good but then it becomes hard to endure through to whatever resolution was waiting. For those unfamiliar, it will feel something like Momento - you start to feel yourself changing as you work through it. Worth a go for anyone looking for something different.
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