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Sam Hughes (born 1983), known online as and publishing under the pen name qntm (pronounced "quantum"), is a British programmer and science fiction author. Hughes writes short stories such as "Lena", about the first digital snapshot of a human brain, and serial novels such as Ra and Fine Structure. He has also written for the SCP Wiki, and his book There Is No Antimemetics Division is set in that fictional universe. He contributed to SCP-055 alongside user CptBellman.
In 2022, Hughes created Absurdle, a variant of Wordle wherein the word changes with every guess, while still remaining true to previous hints. The Guardian described it as "the Machiavellian version of Wordle", and Hughes described it as an "experiment to find the most difficult [...] variant of Wordle", comparing it to one of his previous projects, the Tetris variant Hatetris.




Bibliography


Versions of most of Hughes' serials and short stories have been initially made freely available online prior to being published.

Ed. Independently published. 20 May 2021. ISBN 979-8-5079-7398-9.
Fine Structure. Independently published. 29 May 2021. ISBN 979-8-5120-3906-9.
Ra. Independently published. 2 June 2021. ISBN 979-8-5140-8424-1.
There Is No Antimemetics Division. Independently published. 19 June 2021. ISBN 979-8-5140-6303-1.
Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories. Independently published. 9 November 2022. ISBN 979-8-3592-9806-3. Containing:
"Lena" (reprinted in The Big Book of Cyberpunk. Vintage Books. 26 September 2023. ISBN 9780593467237.)
"If You Are Reading This"
"The Frame-by-Frame"
"The Difference"
"Gorge"
"cripes does anybody remember Google People"
"Driver"
"I Don't Know, Timmy, Being God Is a Big Responsibility"
"A Powerful Culture"
"Valuable Humans in Transit"




References






External links


Official website
qntm's author page at the SCP Foundation wiki
Sam Hughes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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