History Literature / BloodMusic

* BioPunk: To this what ''{{Neuromancer}}'' is to CyberPunk.

* TheSingularity: [[spoiler:After assimilating most of North America, the new civilization is forced to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to avoid breaking reality with their sheer awesomeness.]] [[spoiler:They actually [i]do[/i] break it..and the Multiverse too.]]

* TheSingularity: [[spoiler:After assimilating most of North America, the new civilization is forced to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to avoid breaking reality with their sheer awesomeness.]] [[spoiler:They actually do break it..and the Multiverse too.]]

* TheSingularity: [[spoiler:After assimilating most of North America, the new civilization is forced to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to avoid breaking reality with their sheer awesomeness.]]

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

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race of [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]] with perhaps even Multiverse level editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race of [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]] with perhaps Multiverse editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race [[RealityWarper RealityWarpers]] with perhaps Multiverse editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race RealityWarpers[[RealityWarper]] with perhaps Multiverse editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race RealityWarpers[RealityWarper] with perhaps Multiverse editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Class-es, Severit-ies and Scope-s by the end of the book (in chronological succession, from smallest to biggest), if you count Humanity becoming a race RealityWarpers with perhaps Multiverse editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Classes by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Classes by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of The End of the World as We Know It that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Classes by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]...[[spoiler: Actually, all the Classes by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnow that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]][[spoiler: Actually, all the Classes too by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of an End of the World as We know It that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality. Actually, all the Classes too by the end of the book, if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Universe editing powers as a sub-type of an End of the World as We know It that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality..actually, all the Classes too by the end of the book..if you count "Reality is our Bitch" Multiverse editing powers as an End of the Worls as We know It that is.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the ''interesting'' aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]

''Blood Music'' is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear.

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the [i]interesting[/i] aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the interesting aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:The noocytes have to do this, since their presence is breaking reality.]]

''Blood Music'' is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear. Biotechnologist Vergil Ulam creates simple biological computers based on his own lymphocytes ('noocytes'). After his employer orders him to destroy them, Vergil injects them into his own body with the intention of smuggling them out to work on them elsewhere. They attain self-awareness, and HilarityEnsues.

This novel provides examples of:
* ApocalypseHow - [[spoiler:Class 1, with the assimilation of North America, plus all the interesting aftereffects of the nano-civilization slightly breaking reality.]]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence - [[spoiler:The noocytes have to do this, since their presence is breaking reality.]]

* BioAugmentation - Vergil injecting the biological computers into himself. Augmentation indeed...
* EmptyPilesOfClothing - In most cases, the spreading infection vaporizes humans almost instantly, leaving only their clothes.
* FictionalCounterpart - Vergil drives into Livermore, California, and passes a Guinevere's Pizza. From the local description, this fictional pizza place is exactly where a Round Table Pizza existed at the time.
* FromASingleCell - [[spoiler:The noocytes are able to encode the squishy chemical versions of people into molecular memories based on DNA/RNA. The noocytes can rebuild and upload the original person -- or an amalgam of all who want to participate -- back into a squishy flesh body should they so wish.]]

* {{Nanomachines}} - Technically biological in origin, but on the nano-scale the line between organism and machine is blurry anyway.
* TheSingularity - [[spoiler:After assimilating most of North America, the new civilization is forced to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to avoid breaking reality with their sheer awesomeness.]]
* SyntheticPlague - Oops.

Science fiction novel by Greg Bear. Biotechnologist Vergil Ulam creates simple biological computers based on his own lymphocytes ('noocytes'). After his employer orders him to destroy them, he injects them into his own body with the intention of smuggling them out to work on elsewhere. They attain self-awareness, and HilarityEnsues.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence - [[spoiler:They have to, since their presence is breaking reality.]]

* FictionalCounterpart - Vergil drives into Livermore, California and passes a Guinevere's Pizza. From the local description, this fictional pizza place is exactly where a Round Table Pizza existed at the time.
* FromASingleCell - [[spoiler:The noocytes are able to encode the squishy chemical versions of people into molecular memories based on DNA/RNA. The noocytes can rebuild and upload the original person - or an amalgam of anyone who wants to participate - back into a squishy flesh body should they so wish.]]