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Interplanetary conflict, some disease destroys the ability to understand or appreciate music

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There is some kind of interplanetary conflict going on between different human factions (aliens may or may not be involved). As a relatively minor plot point a group of or all humans have lost the ability to appreciate or comprehend music through a virus or other disease. I believe it changed their DNA so the (loss) trait was inherited.

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There is some kind of interplanetary conflict going on between different human factions (aliens may or may not be involved). As a relatively minor plot point a group of or all humans have lost the ability to appreciate or comprehend music through a virus or other disease. I believe it changed their DNA so the (loss) trait was inherited.

story-identification novel

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  possibly the same as scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/204014/…
  
  – Otis
  Mar 16 at 1:53
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Is the disease called "modern-day record companies"?
  
  – einpoklum
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

There is some kind of interplanetary conflict going on between different human factions (aliens may or may not be involved). As a relatively minor plot point a group of or all humans have lost the ability to appreciate or comprehend music through a virus or other disease. I believe it changed their DNA so the (loss) trait was inherited.

story-identification novel

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asked Mar 15 at 19:33

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edited Mar 15 at 19:43

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JonathanJonathan

785

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edited Mar 15 at 19:43

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JonathanJonathan

785

edited Mar 15 at 19:43

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That's Alastair Reynolds "Century Rain" (my personal favourite among Reynolds' novels). The war is between two human factions - "Threshers" (derived from "threshold", since they don't allow technology beyond a certain level of complexity) and "Slashers", who embrace nanotechnology. Earth was an early casualty in their conflict.

No aliens per se, but Alien artifacts (artifical wormholes, copies of planet Earth).

Haven't the book with me, but e.g. this review specifically mentions the "amusica virus" (strange review by the way, since music actually has a big role in the novel). Also this one.

Made it even into TV tropes (there goes the rest of your day):

Dreadful Musician: Averted in Century Rain: in an early scene the
protagonist is walking into a superior's office while he plays a
violin, with her Internal Monologue noting how grating and painful the
music is. It is then revealed that she, along with a large portion of
the rest of the human race, were infected with a designer-disease
called 'amusica', which prevented people from enjoying music, to ruin
their side's morale. After all, someone who can't appreciate music
can't get patriotic fervor from their anthems, now can they?

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That's Alastair Reynolds "Century Rain" (my personal favourite among Reynolds' novels). The war is between two human factions - "Threshers" (derived from "threshold", since they don't allow technology beyond a certain level of complexity) and "Slashers", who embrace nanotechnology. Earth was an early casualty in their conflict.

No aliens per se, but Alien artifacts (artifical wormholes, copies of planet Earth).

Haven't the book with me, but e.g. this review specifically mentions the "amusica virus" (strange review by the way, since music actually has a big role in the novel). Also this one.

Made it even into TV tropes (there goes the rest of your day):

Dreadful Musician: Averted in Century Rain: in an early scene the
protagonist is walking into a superior's office while he plays a
violin, with her Internal Monologue noting how grating and painful the
music is. It is then revealed that she, along with a large portion of
the rest of the human race, were infected with a designer-disease
called 'amusica', which prevented people from enjoying music, to ruin
their side's morale. After all, someone who can't appreciate music
can't get patriotic fervor from their anthems, now can they?

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edited Mar 15 at 20:26

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

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That's Alastair Reynolds "Century Rain" (my personal favourite among Reynolds' novels). The war is between two human factions - "Threshers" (derived from "threshold", since they don't allow technology beyond a certain level of complexity) and "Slashers", who embrace nanotechnology. Earth was an early casualty in their conflict.

No aliens per se, but Alien artifacts (artifical wormholes, copies of planet Earth).

Haven't the book with me, but e.g. this review specifically mentions the "amusica virus" (strange review by the way, since music actually has a big role in the novel). Also this one.

Made it even into TV tropes (there goes the rest of your day):

Dreadful Musician: Averted in Century Rain: in an early scene the
protagonist is walking into a superior's office while he plays a
violin, with her Internal Monologue noting how grating and painful the
music is. It is then revealed that she, along with a large portion of
the rest of the human race, were infected with a designer-disease
called 'amusica', which prevented people from enjoying music, to ruin
their side's morale. After all, someone who can't appreciate music
can't get patriotic fervor from their anthems, now can they?

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 15 at 20:26

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

Eike PierstorffEike Pierstorff

8,76823639

add a comment | 

That's Alastair Reynolds "Century Rain" (my personal favourite among Reynolds' novels). The war is between two human factions - "Threshers" (derived from "threshold", since they don't allow technology beyond a certain level of complexity) and "Slashers", who embrace nanotechnology. Earth was an early casualty in their conflict.

No aliens per se, but Alien artifacts (artifical wormholes, copies of planet Earth).

Haven't the book with me, but e.g. this review specifically mentions the "amusica virus" (strange review by the way, since music actually has a big role in the novel). Also this one.

Made it even into TV tropes (there goes the rest of your day):

Dreadful Musician: Averted in Century Rain: in an early scene the
protagonist is walking into a superior's office while he plays a
violin, with her Internal Monologue noting how grating and painful the
music is. It is then revealed that she, along with a large portion of
the rest of the human race, were infected with a designer-disease
called 'amusica', which prevented people from enjoying music, to ruin
their side's morale. After all, someone who can't appreciate music
can't get patriotic fervor from their anthems, now can they?

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 15 at 20:26

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

Eike PierstorffEike Pierstorff

8,76823639

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edited Mar 15 at 20:26

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

Eike PierstorffEike Pierstorff

8,76823639

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

Eike PierstorffEike Pierstorff

8,76823639

answered Mar 15 at 20:18

Eike PierstorffEike Pierstorff

8,76823639