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Viral

Mimetic contagion infiltration and self-replicating ideological rewriting where an idea, narrative virus, or biological pathogen systematically infects a host community, replacing their baseline values with its own replication script.

The thrill of watching a community's identity unravel and reform under the pressure of an invasive ideology or pathogen. It's the visceral horror of seeing familiar faces become alien, their minds and bodies rewritten by an unseen, unstoppable force.

Books

XenocideOrson Scott Card
The Kill OrderJames Dashner
AmmoniteNicola Griffith
The Ticket That ExplodedWilliam S. Burroughs
The End of OctoberLawrence Wright
Web of the RomulansM. S. Murdock
StingerNancy Kress
The Ship AvengedS. M. Stirling
Three KingsGeorge R. R. Martin
Son of KronkEdmund Cooper
Kill RatioDavid Drake
CrucibleNancy Kress
Upside DownsideRon Goulart
PluribusMichael Kurland
Human ErrorPaul Preuss
WYRMMark Fabi
CracheMark Budz
UnitySteven Harper
Debtor's PlanetW. R. Thompson
The Second CureMargaret Morgan
The Puppet PlanetR. R. Winterbotham
JumpSean Williams
VectorsDean Wesley Smith
Red SectorDiane Carey
Drastic MeasuresDayton Ward
Evolution's ShoreIan McDonald

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