Psychofauna
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What would happen if humanity woke up with hyperempathy (i.e. "vibe-psychic")?
Psychofauna is a crazy blend of fantasy & sci-fi. It follows a few maladjusted protagonists who are forced to navigate a world of living ideas. A kaleidoscopic variety of myths, memes, sentient ideologies are all vying for control of collective consciousness. You know, just like our world. 😛
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Inspirations include:
• Nexus Trilogy by Ramez Naam
• Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Too Like the Lightening by Ada Palmer
• Neverness quadrilogy by David Zindell
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• The Mirror Sea by @phaseborn
• Daemon duology by Daniel Suarez
• Station Eleven by Emily Mandel
• The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
• Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies by Greg Egan
• Understand by Ted Chiang
• Promethea by Alan Moore
• The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
• There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
• 2nd Apocalypse series & specifically its Dûnyain by R Scott Bakker
• Dune & specifically its Bene Gesserit by Frank Herbet
• Foundation & specifically the mentallics of the 2nd Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Tolstoy, for his brilliant depictions of psychodynamics
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