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Blake Crouch's Recursion (2019) is a complete standalone science fiction thriller. There is no sequel. The novel begins with two parallel storylines: a woman who discovers that her son — who died years ago — may not have died after all; and a NYPD detective investigating a new phenomenon called False Memory Syndrome, in which people are experiencing detailed memories of lives they didn't live. The novel's central concept involves the scientific mechanism behind these phenomena, which Crouch reveals incrementally.
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Blake Crouch·2019·Standalone — a neuroscientist and a detective uncover the mechanism behind False Memory Syndrome and discover it involves the ability to change history
Recursion — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Recursion by Blake Crouch a standalone?
Yes — Recursion is a complete standalone novel with no sequels or prequels. Blake Crouch has written other standalone thrillers (Dark Matter, Upgrade) and the Wayward Pines trilogy, but Recursion is entirely independent.
Is Recursion similar to Dark Matter by Blake Crouch?
Yes — both Recursion and Dark Matter are standalone thrillers by Crouch that use a scientific concept (parallel universes in Dark Matter, memory and time in Recursion) as the engine of a thriller plot. Most readers who love one love the other. Dark Matter came first (2016) and has a slightly more focused structure; Recursion is more ambitious in scope.
Is Recursion science fiction or a thriller?
Recursion is generally shelved in science fiction but reads as a thriller — it has the pacing of a thriller and does not require any prior interest in science fiction. The science is explained in character and is plausible enough to be unsettling. It's one of the most accessible science fiction novels for readers who don't usually read the genre.
What is Recursion about without spoilers?
Recursion is about memory and time — specifically about what it would mean to be able to go back to a point in your past and change what happened. The mechanism for this is revealed gradually. The novel is a thriller that asks what you would actually do if you could fix the worst moment of your life, and what that fixing might cost.
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