An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so... How do you contain something you can''t record or remember? How do you fight against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you''re at war? Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not your first day.

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qntm is the internet handle of Sam Hughes, a writer and software developer living in the UK. He has been writing short-form and serial science fiction for most of this millennium; his preferred writing technique is to start from an interesting hypothetical and drive it to breaking point and far beyond. His website is qntm.org.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD

'Astonishing' M. R. Carey, author of Infinity Gate

'Mind-bendingly brilliant' The Guardian

'Compulsively readable, breathtakingly inventive.' SFX

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An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so...

But how do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight against an enemy when you can never even know that you're at war?

**WELCOME TO THE ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION.

NO, THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST DAY.**

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'A hugely entertaining, super smart, witty novel that is also nerve-shreddingly terrifying... a timely book that is also one for the ages.'** Antonia Hodgson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Raven Scholar

'Utterly unique, constantly surprising, genuinely unsettling... may very well take its place among the best sci-fi novels of the century so far.' Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter