eidolon

There Is No Antimemetics Division is a really fun read, but definitely one of those stories where you really have to suspend your disbelief and just nod and go along with the plot— which, in my opinion, is an inherent quality of writing a story that revolves around the concept of memory (which is a complex physiological process that we still lack understanding of) and the idea of ideas. It's a realm of knowledge that isn't concrete, and therefore up to personal interpretation. Either you'll like what this novel has to say about it, or you won't.

But a story about memory that has characters that are deliberately messing with their own memories as a way of protecting themselves from viral ideas (if you know the Thing exists, then the Thing is capable of killing you) allows for some really interesting things to be done with perspective and narration.

qntm's prose style I think is one that is not necessarily... common(?) in published fiction, for lack of a better way to say it, so I feel like a lot of people are probably going to bounce off of that as well. Genuinely though, I think if you've ever had any interest in the SCP universe you should give the book a try.

Overall, not sure what the purpose of this book was. I liked getting to know more about Old Jim and Lowry, but I do not feel like it added anything that the original trilogy didn't already accomplish. It's also very slowly paced, as the story didn't really pick up speed until 50% of the way through. It was enjoyable, but I don't think I'll be revisiting this book.