History Literature / BloodMusic

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along. Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered, if she is willing, a free [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascension]] train ticket by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]

* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, everyone on Earth and indeed the ''[[UpToEleven universe itself]]'' has been assimilated by the noocytes. [[SubvertedTrope Nobody seems to mind much, however.]]]]

''Blood Music'' is a ScienceFiction {{novel}} by Creator/GregBear published in 1985. Based on his 1983 {{novelette}} of the [[AdaptationExpansion same name]].

* RealityWarper: Bear frequently explores the idea that the observer in fact shapes the observed reality. Towards the end of ''Blood Music'' the entirety of North America is covered by a biological mass where each cell acts as an individual observer. The sheer concentration of this threatens to cause reality to break apart.

* RealityWarper: Bear frequently explores the idea that the observer in fact shapes the observed reality. For example, towards the end of ''Blood Music'' the entirety of North America is covered by a biological mass where each cell acts as an individual observer. The sheer concentration of this threatens to cause reality to break apart.

* AssimilationPlot

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along. Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered, if she is willing, a free [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascension]] train ticket by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]
* JustAsPlanned: [[spoiler:Reality itself conspired against Humanity since its birth to turn us into agents of its evolution. We were doomed to make the Noocytes in the end.]]

''Blood Music'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/GregBear.

* AdaptationExpansion: Originally published as a short story, then expanded into a novel.

* EmptyPilesOfClothing: In most cases, the spreading infection assmilates humans almost instantly, leaving only their clothes.

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along.
Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered, if she is willing, a free [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascension]] train ticket by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along. Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered, if she is willing, a [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascension]] ticket by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along. Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered a willing AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]

* AnthropicPrinciple: [[spoiler:Of the Very Very Strong kind. Reality itself, in fact, all of the Multiverse, and its non-sapient mind, the Strong AnthropicPrinciple, is built upon increasing the complexity of its structure to fight the final entropy and heat death. One needs to read the book at least twice to get this: Vergil tells, before he dissolves into sentient nano-goop, to his old fiend, that the Noocytes were inevitable and fated to happen. Every government agency, corporation, and the military research complex TRIED to make something even with a fraction of the abilities of the original Noocytes, Vergil says. Only to fail all the time. Why? Because their actions were fueled by the desire to use it as a technology and NOT to boost Reality itself to another level of complexity by creating another higher step in its existence. It seems, in hindsight, that this was Vergil's subconscious desire and motive all along. Later on, a young female survivor of the early stages of the apocalypse in North America, who wasn't turned immediately into nano-goop because she had a one in a billion genetic defect, and later on when the Noocytes figured how to bypass the issue, they already gained gained full sapience and so she was instead offered a willing AscensionToAHigherPlane by them, was told by Noocytes that time is very short and that their own scientists caused a yet another Singularity event, like Vergil Ulam, by trying to manipulate sub-atomic scales, the same way Vergil manipulated the molecular make up in his research. At that moment, Reality must have went: [[EvilLaugh MWUHAHAHA]]! JustAsPlanned!]]