![]() ![]() I knew immediately I wanted to scale that idea up to the macro level of humanity and see what happened if we started manipulating our own memories. ![]() Then I came across an article in the Smithsonian about two scientists from MIT implanting false memories in the brains of mice. Pretty quickly, I came to the conclusion that it was memory. When I finished Dark Matter I wanted to write something even more ambitious, so I started thinking about the most fundamental element of our existence. Where did you get the idea for Recursion and how did that idea evolve as you wrote the story? ![]() Unfortunately, this technology morphs into something with the potential to break the very fabric of reality. Her mom has Alzheimer’s and she’s trying to preserve her core memories. It’s about a neuroscientist named Helena, who invents a technology that allows people to immersively return to their most precious, vivid memories. But in the following email interview, he explains what inspired it, what influenced it, and why it isn’t a sci-fi medical thriller. In his new novel Recursion ( hardcover, Kindle), writer Blake Crouch explores the idea of preserving memories. ![]()
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