There Is No Antimemetics Division

Why it’s on the list: A novel about ideas that erase themselves from memory — and the agency whose job is to fight what it cannot remember fighting.

Grew out of qntm’s SCP Foundation serial, compiled as a novel in 2020 and substantially revised for a Del Rey edition in November 2025.

Where I saw it: Twice: Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) on X, February 22, 2026 — “Such good page turning sci-fi, thanks for the tip @sherwinwu” — and again from the author’s own November 24, 2025 post about signed copies of the new edition.

Connections

• Antimemetics — Nadia Asparouhova’s non-fiction book on the same idea; the pair is the fiction/non-fiction version of one question.
• Memetics — the field this inverts: why some ideas refuse to spread or stick.
• Science Fiction
• Lenny Rachitsky — the recommender.