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Nemesis may refer to:
- Nemesis (mythology), in Greek mythology, a spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris
- Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction
[edit] Literature
- Nemesis (Nurul Momen play), a 1944 play by Nurul Momen
- Nemesis (comics), the name of several comics characters
- Nemesis (play), by Alfred Nobel
- Nemesis (Agatha Christie novel), a 1971 detective novel
- Nemesis (Isaac Asimov novel), a 1989 science fiction novel
- Nemesis (Nesbø novel), a 2002 crime novel in the Harry Hole series
- Nemesis (Angel novel), a 2004 novel based on the Angel series
- Nemesis (Philip Roth novel), a 2010 dramatic novel
- Nemesis (Lindsey Davis novel), a 2010 historical crime novel in the Falco series
- Nemesis, a 2004 fantasy series by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Nemesis, a 1989 fantasy novel in the Indigo series by Louise Cooper
- Nemesis, a 1998 thriller novel by Bill Napier
- Exile of the Eons, a 1950 Arthur C. Clarke science fiction short story, later called "Nemesis"
- Nemesis, a Warhammer 40,000 novel, book 13 in The Horus Heresy Novel Series
- "Nemesis'", a poem by H. P. Lovecraft in Collected Poems
- Nemeses, author of the gothic horror book Dreamscape, as well as four books on the occult.
[edit] Film and television
- Nemesis (band), a South Korean rock band
- Nemesis (duo)
- Nemesis (rap crew)
- Nemesis (electronic music band)
- Nemesis, a Swedish band featuring Leif Edling
- Nemesis (Grip Inc. album)
- Nemesis (Two Steps From Hell album), 2007
- "Nemesis", a song by Arch Enemy on the album Doomsday Machine
- "Nemesis", a song by Cradle of Filth on the album Nymphetamine
- "Nemesis", a song by David Gray on the album Draw the Line
- "Nemesis", a song by Aaron Parks on the album Invisible Cinema
- "Nemesis", a song by Shriekback on the album Oil & Gold
- "Nemesis", a song by TheStart on the album Shakedown!
- "Nemesis", a song by VNV Nation on the album Judgement
[edit] Video games
- Nemesis (Resident Evil), a.k.a. the Pursuer, a fictional character in Resident Evil universe
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, a 1999 home video game by Capcom, the third in the Resident Evil series
- Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands, a 1996 PC based adventure game, the 11th in the 1977 Zork series
- Nemesis, some releases of the Gradius series of arcade, home console and handheld video games
- Nemesis, a monster in the 2008 home video game Dark Sector by Digital Extremes
- A player's nemesis in Team Fortress 2 is a player who has killed him four times in a row without direct retaliation.
[edit] Other uses
- Nemesis (draughts player), a checkers engine
- Nemesis (hypothetical star), a proposed dwarf star or brown dwarf in Sun's extreme outer orbit
- Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering), a 2000 expansion set of the fantasy collectible card game Magic: The Gathering
- Nemesis (operating system), a discontinued graphical operating system
- Nemesis (role-playing game), a 2006 dice based horror themed game
- Nemesis (Transformers), a Decepticon spaceship in the fictional Transformers universe
- 128 Nemesis, an asteroid of the main belt
- Bowler Nemesis, an off-road racing vehicle
- Sharp Nemesis, a racing aircraft
- Operation Nemesis, a 1920s Armenian military operation
- Nemesis Prime, several fictional characters in the Transformers universe
- Nemesis Enforcer, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis, a directed infrared countermeasure system for aircraft defense
- A classification of emotion in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
- Nemesis, a fictional planet in the Sailor Moon Japanese adventure series
- Nemesis (roller coaster), Europe's first inverted roller coaster opened in 1994 at Alton Towers, England
[edit] See also
