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There is no antimimetics division V2

21 points by andrewla 2y ago

AnotherGoodName 2y ago
Nice. For all the HN positivity about the book it was a bit of a mess honestly. It needed a publisher and guidance from experienced writers. The self published version I read even had numerous typos and was extremely unedited. I do give the book a lot of points for originality but structurally it was a mess. It literally had an interlude midway through. I’m all for unusual story structure but in this case it was a mess and went really off the rails at that point. If the core idea can come through without the raw structural problems I’m looking forward to it. As it stands I personally do not recommend the book. There’s a lot of good books out there. Currently loving the Murderbot diaries for some unusual sci fi themed stories. Will look forward to this post editing.
schmatz 2y ago
There Is No Antimemetics Division is such a creative, page-turning, terrifying read and I'm glad it's getting the author some recognition from the big publishers. It's one of those books that keeps returning to my thoughts every so often and I can't wait to see the improved version next year!
a1369209993 2y ago
> There is no antimimetics division V2 "antimemetics". Antimimetics is also a thing, and might be interesting to read about, but it's not the same thing.
gmuslera 2y ago
For something that is about antimemetics I hope that it gets a very memetic book release.
vintagedave 2y ago
Having read what's now v1, I had no idea it was not professionally produced or edited. I knew the background, that it started on the SCP Foundation; I did not know that the book was self-published. Yes, it's that good. For this new, good for qtnm. One of the best (and most terrifying) scifi authors out there. They say they're interested to see what they do for the sequel: so am I. Whatever it is, I know it'll be worth reading.
BenoitP 2y ago
The 'introduction' from what is now v1, a 15mn read: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-fifty-five https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-fifty-fiv...
- sxp 2y ago
  There is also a YouTube short series about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE
crtasm 2y ago
Post title: I have a publishing deal! Great to see this happen, looking forward to both books.
coumbaya 2y ago
Ah! I just bought and read the first last month (and thoroughly enjoyed it!). I'll probably buy this second version too.

21 points by andrewla 2y ago

Nice. For all the HN positivity about the book it was a bit of a mess honestly. It needed a publisher and guidance from experienced writers. The self published version I read even had numerous typos and was extremely unedited. I do give the book a lot of points for originality but structurally it was a mess. It literally had an interlude midway through. I’m all for unusual story structure but in this case it was a mess and went really off the rails at that point. If the core idea can come through without the raw structural problems I’m looking forward to it. As it stands I personally do not recommend the book. There’s a lot of good books out there. Currently loving the Murderbot diaries for some unusual sci fi themed stories. Will look forward to this post editing.

schmatz 2y ago

There Is No Antimemetics Division is such a creative, page-turning, terrifying read and I'm glad it's getting the author some recognition from the big publishers. It's one of those books that keeps returning to my thoughts every so often and I can't wait to see the improved version next year!

a1369209993 2y ago

> There is no antimimetics division V2 "antimemetics". Antimimetics is also a thing, and might be interesting to read about, but it's not the same thing.

gmuslera 2y ago

For something that is about antimemetics I hope that it gets a very memetic book release.

vintagedave 2y ago

Having read what's now v1, I had no idea it was not professionally produced or edited. I knew the background, that it started on the SCP Foundation; I did not know that the book was self-published. Yes, it's that good. For this new, good for qtnm. One of the best (and most terrifying) scifi authors out there. They say they're interested to see what they do for the sequel: so am I. Whatever it is, I know it'll be worth reading.

BenoitP 2y ago

The 'introduction' from what is now v1, a 15mn read: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-fifty-five https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-fifty-fiv...

sxp 2y ago
There is also a YouTube short series about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE

crtasm 2y ago

Post title: I have a publishing deal! Great to see this happen, looking forward to both books.

coumbaya 2y ago

Ah! I just bought and read the first last month (and thoroughly enjoyed it!). I'll probably buy this second version too.