"There Is No Antimemetics Division" Released in Japan by Hayakawa
The release brings a celebrated SCP Foundation story arc to Japanese readers through a major publisher, marking a rare formal publication of collaborative internet fiction.
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Hayakawa Publishing released "There Is No Antimemetics Division" on July 15 under its Hayakawa Bunko SF label. The horror sci-fi novel, written by qntm and translated by Masato Naruniwa, originates from the SCP Foundation. It depicts a secret organization confronting antimemes, entities that erase themselves from memory. Author Li called it "overwhelmingly, crushingly interesting."
The SCP Foundation, a collaborative online writing project with over 10,000 pages of content, now has a new novel adaptation in Japanese. "There Is No Antimemetics Division" follows a secret organization fighting antimemes, threats that erase themselves from memory and records. The book is written by qntm, translated by Masato Naruniwa, and priced at 1,760 yen. Author Li praised the work as "overwhelmingly, crushingly interesting." The novel is a horror sci-fi entry from the SCP universe, a setting that has grown from a 2008 website into a global phenomenon.
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