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Shout-out for "Ra" by the same author. https://a.co/d/2Q85QGD https://a.co/d/2Q85QGD The best novel I've read in the past decade.

• dvirsky 2y ago
  I actually think the ending of it really prevented it from being that (at least for me). It started good, then the second act was like "Whoah, this is the most amazing sci-fi I've ever read", then the third act was just all over the place and completely lost me. And that's the revised ending, I didn't read the original one.
  • brookst 2y ago
    Same experience. So much promise that the way it collapses is disappointing, almost angry-making. I even gave it a second try thinking that maybe I'd just missed something. Nope. Antimemetics remains a top 10 all-time though.
    • dvirsky 2y ago
      > Antimemetics remains a top 10 all-time though. It's good, but didn't leave that big of an impression on me, maybe because I didn't know all the SCP stuff beforehand, I just liked qntm's other works so I read it.
  • zeekaran 2y ago
    I prefer the original ending, but I don't think it'll change your feelings.