The first third or so of the novel is essentially the short story. " I really liked the short story that this was based on, and would give that 5 stars.
" This is one of the finest science fiction novels of the last 50 years.Bear's best and one of the hundred greatest Science Fiction novels of all time. His transformation of post-apocalypse America is unique. Bear's descriptions will carry you down to the cellular level. " Nobody else can imagine other forms of life as distinctly as Greg Bear. Dick's inspiration coupled with Greg Bear's tendency to over explain, and you'd get a world without trees.
I fear the day when Greg Bear finally has more than one idea for a book. Blood music is an easy read, not much behind it, very few ideas. " A typical Greg Bear book filled with long-winded and tedious descriptions of completely irrelevant details. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.In Blood Music, perils of nanotechnology, and the fear of the descent of man into nano-gray-goo are brought to light." "Greg Bear puts some of the most compelling ideas together with taught storytelling that makes for readable, engaging science fiction. Author Greg Bear’s treatment of the traditional tale of scientific hubris is both suspenseful and a compelling portrait of a new intelligence emerging amongst us, irrevocably changing our world. The novel follows present-day events in which the fears concerning the nuclear annihilation of the world subsided after the Cold War and the fear of chemical warfare spilled over into the empty void it left behind.Īn amazing breakthrough in genetic engineering made by Vergil Ulam is considered too dangerous for further research, but rather than destroy his work, he injects himself with his creation and walks out of his lab, unaware of just how his actions will change the world. In the tradition of the greatest cyberpunk novels, Blood Music explores the imminent destruction of mankind and the fear of mass destruction by technological advancements.
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