Category: Sci-fi
There Is No Antimemetics Division — qntm
It’s a bit of a wild, strange, ride. But that’s antimemetics for you.
Perhaps this whole book is antimemetic and you won’t remember a word of it. Maybe it’s a test to see if you are ready to join the Antimemetics Division, and only those who can remember what they just read from cover to cover will be allowed to join.
You can get a feel for antimemetics by watching a short Dust film over on Youtube.
If you’re ready, you’ll know where to apply. See you there, or should that be here?
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The Breaker of Mountains and Rivers — Aliette de Bodard
Descendant — Aliette de Bodard
The State of the Art — Iain M. Banks
The Player of Games — Iain M. Banks
The Culture’s “Contact” section send The Culture’s greatest game player to an empire that is totally constructed around the playing of one game. Where everyone’s social standing, career, political involvement and status is determined by the results of their playing of the game.
The goal being to totally destabilise the empire from within.
Will it work?
A rather unusual sci-fi novel, but really, really good. I couldn’t put this one down.
Next up in The Culture series is The State of the Art.
