‘There Is No Antimemetics Division’ – qntm (Penguin)
Page Count: 275 Pages If you frequent these parts you’ll know my reading tastes, it’s hard not to by now ;o) As a rule, it’s a rare thing to see me pick up any sci-fi that steps past the likes of Doctor Who, and Warhammer 40K, and into the realms of ‘high concept’ and ‘hard sci-fi’. Nothing against the stuff, it’s just that more and more, I read to relax (and escape) and I don’t find ‘high concept/hard sci-fi’ particularly relaxing. It’s that simple ;o) Every so often though… I’d heard a number of very complimentary words spoken about ‘There Is No Antimemetics Division’, more than enough to pique my interest, and the vague promise of a little cosmic horror was enough to swing it. I picked it up for a read and… An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; others, less so… But how do you contain something you can’t record or remember? How do you fight against an enemy when you can never even know that you’re at war? Welcome to the Antimemetics Division....
