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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!!Tropes:
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The main character dies... [[OnlyMostlyDead sort of]]. His LoveInterest, however, does not.]]
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Immortality in this case is actually just brain transplantation, which means that even for the Immortal, brain-death is ''death''.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: [[spoiler: Lily was designed for this, and it is the final quest of the MetaGame, with Lily as the quarry.]]
* InterrogationByVandalism: How D_Light learns of [[spoiler:the Night Harvest]] from [[spoiler:Hal]].
* 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!
* TheSingularity
* 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=].
* RobotBuddy: The {{familiar}}s; pretty much everyone has one. They interface with brain chips.
* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: points are the currency they use
* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Products, which are specially genetically engineered to be just below the DNA-similarity mark between humans and chimpanzees. Apparently, killing one is, and I quote, "like destroying a very expensive piece of furniture".