There Is No Antimemetics Division

£9.99

Humanity is under assault by malevolent ‘antimemes’ – ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself – in this wickedly brain-bending tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel. They’re all around us, hiding in plain sight. One could be in the room with you, now, just to your left. You could be seeing it right now – but from this second to the next, you’ll forget that you did. If you managed to jot down a note, the paper would look blank to you afterwards. These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you – and you’ll never even know anything changed. They can turn you into a living ghost – make it so that you’re standing next to your spouse, screaming in their ear, and they won’t know you’re there.

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SKU: 9781804954751 Category: Tags: , Publisher/imprint : Penguin Books
Page count : 336
Published on 3rd September, 2026

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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

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Weight 0.23 kg
Dimensions 19.9 × 12.8 × 1.9 cm
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