Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019 · Novel
It innovatively explores the concept of 'memory rewriting' as a form of time travel, creating a complex narrative of branching timelines and the terrifying implications for personal identity and the stability of reality.
What it is
A mysterious disease called False Memory Syndrome causes people to remember entire alternate lives, leading to a breakdown of reality. A cop investigates, encountering a scientist whose invention allows people to 'recursively' rewrite their pasts, creating branching timelines and existential crises. The novel explores the profound impact of altering personal history on identity, memory, and the fabric of reality itself.
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Features a protagonist grappling with a distorted reality and the potential to alter a catastrophic future through a personal temporal anomaly.
Explores complex, escalating temporal changes and the personal toll they take on individuals trying to navigate altered realities.
Builds upon Crouch's previous work exploring alternate realities and the profound impact of choices on one's identity and life path, but with a different temporal mechanism.
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