Sam Hughes | |
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
Pen name | qntm |
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Nationality | British |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | There Is No Antimemetics Division (2021) |
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qntm |
Sam Hughes (born 1983 [1]), known online as qntm (pronounced " quantum"), [2] is a British programmer and science fiction author. [3] On his personal website, Hughes posts short stories such as "Lena" (2022), about the first digital snapshot of a human brain, and serial novels such as Ra and Fine Structure. [1] [4] [5] He has also written for the SCP Wiki, and his book There Is No Antimemetics Division (2021) is derived from that fictional universe. [6] [7] He contributed to SCP-055 alongside user CptBellman. [8]
In 2022, Hughes created Absurdle, a variant of Wordle wherein the word changes with every guess, while still remaining true to previous hints. [3] [9] [10] 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. [11]
Hughes self-publishes his stories.
A well-meaning neuroscience grad student donates his digital consciousness to science, a decision he may find he "lives" to regret.
I liked the There Is No Antimemetics Division tales by "qntm", who also wrote SCP/Control crossover fanfic. And I've only just realized qntm is also behind Absurdle, a Wordle variant that changes the answer while you play. Huh!