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Sam Hughes, known online as and publishing under the pen name qntm, is a British programmer and science fiction author. Hughes' short stories include "Lena", about the first digital snapshot of a human brain. His serial novels include Ra and Fine Structure. He has also written for the SCP Foundation wiki; his novel There Is No Antimemetics Division began as an entry on the wiki. In 2024, Del Rey Books acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the book, while Ballantine Books acquired the US rights.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qntm

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There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Books by qntm

There Is No Antimemetics Division

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