| 1 | Meta Game is a 2009 novel by Sam Landstrom. A story of a man who lives in a post-[[TheSingularity Singularity]] world that is ruled by a [[DeusEstMachina computer called the OverSoul]], and a point-based economy where people earn points by playing games, spend the points to buy things, and - for the lucky few who earn enough points during their lifetime - earn their way to immortality. |
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| 3 | !!Tropes: |
| 4 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The main character dies... [[OnlyMostlyDead sort of]]. His LoveInterest, however, does not.]] |
| 5 | * ImmortalLifeIsCheap: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Immortality in this case is actually just brain transplantation, which means that even for the Immortal, brain-death is ''death''. |
| 6 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: [[spoiler: Lily was designed for this, and it is the final quest of the MetaGame, with Lily as the quarry.]] |
| 7 | * InterrogationByVandalism: How D_Light learns of [[spoiler:the Night Harvest]] from [[spoiler:Hal]]. |
| 8 | * LegoGenetics: Given the fact that the genomes of most species have been documented, all you need to do to create a customized creature is grab a template from a living organism and tack on all the behavior and appearance genes you like! |
| 9 | * TheSingularity |
| 10 | * ThePlague: Backstory. The [=TerriLove=] virus killed off a significant fraction of the human population by targeting the genes that genetic engineers had used to make people smart and beautiful, providing the impetus for the creation of the [=OverSoul=]. |
| 11 | * RobotBuddy: The {{familiar}}s; pretty much everyone has one. They interface with brain chips. |
| 12 | * WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: points are the currency they use |
| 13 | * WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture |
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