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I just read the Antimemetics division and qntm's short story collection. I loved the short stories and first ~40-60% of the Antimemetics Division and felt it th
by ajmurmann 3y ago
I just read the Antimemetics division and qntm's short story collection. I loved the short stories and first ~40-60% of the Antimemetics Division and felt it then got too crazy and abstract. The "magic is real" thing has new worried as I usually avoid fantasy. Do you think I'll still like Ra?
- AceJohnny2 3y agoI read Ra and I loved it, but it's imperfect. It could use an editor. Antimemetics, being SCP-related, comes with a hefty dollop of magical realism. Ra, to me, felt like a rocket ride as new ideas, twists, and exponentially escalating stakes get thrown at you. The pacing is very jerky, and I can very much understand if people just nope halfway through. In particular, the characters... suck (my apologies, Sam)
- ajmurmann 3y agoCharacters sucking is a common complaint about hard scifi which I can very much live with and am used to. Thank you!
- lxgr 3y agoIt’s as far away from fantasy as magic can probably be. I think you might like it! In some ways, it’s even less fantastical than antimemetics, think magic as a sub-branch of advanced physics and in no way mystical.