The Horror of the Conscious Disease

The Horror of the Conscious Disease | Blood Music

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Blood music by Greg Bear is a short science fiction novel broken into five sections which vary in length. The Interphase, The Prophase, The Metaphase, The Anaphase, Telophase and The Interphase: Thought Universe. Blood Music was published fully in 1985, the entire novel takes place over the course of less than a year, something was introduced to earth, a kind of infection, it changes human kind, forcing evolution. This video will have spoilers for Blood Music so if spoilers is a thing you care about you might not want to watch this video.
This book deals with themes surrounding the concept of Grey Goo and nanotechnology, it also deals with the concepts of consciousness, reality, artificial intelligence, and the integration of technology and biological life. Blood Music also explores some similar themes to Childhood’s End by Arthur C Clarke and Blindsight by Peter Watts, both of which I’ve also covered on this channel. In my video on the Hegemonizing swarm in Ian Banks Culture series we also specifically discuss the concept of “Grey Goo ''. The themes explored in this novel have been explored in many other science fiction books, but this book specifically highlights the horrors that could potentially arise from bioengineering and also contains elements of body horror.
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@QuinnsIdeas Жыл бұрын

I love that everyone sees how similar this is to the Futurama episode lol!

@internet_introvert Жыл бұрын

Cells At Work too, if they decided to improve their living conditions.

@2lostbikes Жыл бұрын

Good news, everyone!

@Swarthy144k Жыл бұрын

@@2lostbikes 😂😂😂

@alto7183 Жыл бұрын

Muy buen video e interesante, las capas de cebolla de cerebros centrales más complejos no me extrañaría desarrollen poderes psíquicos, así como resonancia de pensamientos, el acomodo de piezas, los cableados etc, sería como acceder a los poderes por azar de la genética y selección natural junto casos extraños como dar con el cableado emulado por accidente por un autista, ejemplo burdo, en este caso computadoras cuánticas biológicas y eso que no se ve que manejen sistema ganglionar, opinión personal.

@jan_phd Жыл бұрын

Can you tell the blacks to stop living in their feelings... they are not Marxist Feminists!

@christophermiller483 Жыл бұрын

I just watched a Hank Green video the other day where he talked about a particular type of cancer found in dogs. It originated from a single dog somewhere around 11k years ago and in its mutation it gained the ability to spread to other dogs. Essentially this cancer is now a transmissible parasite. Hank jokingly called it a single celled dog. Biology is simultaneously fascinating and terrifying.

@mukingdom Жыл бұрын

Its the same with tasmanian devils

@tracecarson8805 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a solid origin story for the “Dogscape” creepypasta haha

@kayleighgroenendal8473 Жыл бұрын

Woof.

@madsfiedler3884 Жыл бұрын

i saw that one and its Te r r i f y i n g

@cortster12 Жыл бұрын

The way It's transmitted is pretty crazy too. Basically, it's an STD.

@HavelockVetinarii Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say this mf got me to read Dune. I'm on the third book soon 4th.

@LazyRare Жыл бұрын

lmao

@Smagglet Жыл бұрын

He just got me to read The Three Body Problem and the Foundation trilogy. haha

@MiroslawHorbal Жыл бұрын

@@Smagglet 3 body problem for me. That mf. Making me read good book series 😂

@lolcowexterminationservices Жыл бұрын

@@Smagglet Same! I have been listening to the audio books at work and have been in awe. It's amazing sometimes what Chinese literature can produce!

@TroyColey Жыл бұрын

Same ☺️😊😄😃

@scottritomanaksimonscott6213 Жыл бұрын

You should have mentioned the best part of the novel: the body horror (transformed people being turned into biological digesters, half their bodies gone but they're still alive, paper thin humans whose bodies are nothing more than skin and consciousness, etc). And the way a few people are naturally immune to the noocytes and they can only helplessly watch their friends and loved ones melt away or turn into eldritch horrors.

@cyborgchicken3502 Жыл бұрын

That reminds me of what the Qu aliens did to humans in All Tomorrows

@Dizma_Music Жыл бұрын

In Doctor Who, there's an episode in Season 1 where the last human being in the universe is just a piece of skin and a face... Very eerie.

Жыл бұрын

@@Dizma_Music "moisturize me!"

@Dizma_Music Жыл бұрын

@ “Oh! Two hearts! I’m beating out a samba!”

@tentaclesmod 11 ай бұрын

@@cyborgchicken3502 A bit, but not really. The noocytes didn't seek to harm humans, they wanted to assimilate their consciousness in the collective. The immune weren't truly immune, they had a rare mutation that made the noocytes unable to pack their consciousness in cellular form. The noocytes were perfectly of taking over them as anyone else, but if they tried to assimilate them, they would kill their actual consciousness, so they left that people alone instead. While the Qu seeked to degrade humanity as punishment, what the noocytes did was more akin to uplifting.

@clearcutter74 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for covering this book, it's one of Greg Bear's best. He passed away last November after a long career. RIP

@raydavison4288 Жыл бұрын

I am SO SORRY to hear that. Bear wrote some great books. "Eon" is my personal favorite. 😔

@andylindsaytunes Жыл бұрын

@@raydavison4288 Same here. My fave of his is Queen of Angels.

@strategygalactic Жыл бұрын

May he rest in peace. Know that I love you.

@raydavison4288 Жыл бұрын

@@andylindsaytunes That is a great book.

@TheGoodloox Жыл бұрын

First i listened to blood music short story then i listened to full audiobook. Loved em both. Gonna try Eons if you say its your personal best.

@mudbutt234 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of an episode of the Outer Limits from the 90s, where a guy injects himself with nanomachines and they end up healing him. They don't stop though and they try and "improve him" by expanding his ribcage to completely and giving him eyes in the back of his head.

@cw8jwh Жыл бұрын

I remember that episode. 👴🏽

@purvinaik9001 Жыл бұрын

Are you my mummy

@satan6548 Жыл бұрын

Some of history's greatest horrors were the result of people or institutions "improving" things.

@constructivist6 Жыл бұрын

that's a good one but first thing I thought of was the Futurama episode where Fry got worms

@Tick421 Жыл бұрын

@@satan6548 science shouldn’t be done in secret. The desire to improve peoples lives isn’t evil but it leads down dark paths and requires a lot of oversight and regulation even if that slows down progress

@karsu Жыл бұрын

Greg Bear was a good friend of mine and in the next SD Comic Fest I was supposed to give him a long out of print/antiquarian book about the history of sex in film. I’m sad when he suffered a stroke and died last year. It’s heartbreaking. I’m sad for he wife Astrid- Poul Anderson’s daughter. Greg will be greatly missed. I’m glad that there are people like you who gives him flowers and Mad Kudos. I’m glad people remember him. Wodea. 😢 Mad Kudos @Quinn’s Ideas +Quinn’s Ideas.

@alejandroblanco7369 Жыл бұрын

I’ll take that book if you don’t want it. I can save it for someone in your family for the future when they reclaim it

@wecanjump7512 Жыл бұрын

Loved Poul Anderson. He had a book referencing the King in the Mountain trope that I must have read 50 times as a kid. I believe it was called Three Hearts and Three Lions, or something similar. Great author.

@karsu Жыл бұрын

@@wecanjump7512 his daughter, Astrid, Greg’s widow, is a wonderful person. He must have been a lovely fellow. He raised her well. Everytime we would meet I would always bring up his Forerunner Trilogy for Halo, which to me truly greatly expanded the scope of the Halo universe. He would always remark that, his Millenial son, that would be their introduction to his works. I always gave it a good chuckle. As I am a Millenial, but my introduction to his work were paperbacks from the 1980s that I bought in a local used bookstore. He was a lovely man. Everytime my mind goes to Science fiction, I think of him. I also think about his beloved childhood in San Diego and his funny stories. Damn man. This thread got me a bit emotional. Wow! Thanks guys. Didn’t expect I’d get these many likes! Thank you again @Quinn’s Ideas!

@wecanjump7512 Жыл бұрын

@@karsu That doesn't surprise me a bit, him raising a wonderful daughter. He was truly one of the greats and I've read them all. Thank you for sharing:)

@jcaseyjones2829 Жыл бұрын

I love this book so much. I put it up there with Lord of Light and Stranger in a Strange Land. I love your friend for giving it to us.

@renegade-ginger Жыл бұрын

I love art like Blood Music that shows just how close beauty and horror is when you really dig into the extremes of biology. I think that's kind of the big appeal for me where organic stuff is the hinging tech as opposed to cybernetics - just as the book says, nothing is lost. I have to wonder if it laid the groundwork for stuff like Area X, for instance - there is no malice from the noocites. No hatred towards humanity, no organic skynet. It's just redefinition, the beauty and chaos of evolution in high speed.

@andrewmatseshe7343 Жыл бұрын

Faster metabolism? Lost weight? Stronger bones? No allergies? Not getting sick? Back pain went away? Sounds like this guy just “manufactured” sentient exercise 😂 That is, until the creepy skin stuff. “Strength and conditioning in an injection!? Let’s do it!!” Aaaaand then things go sideways. Terrifying. I gotta read this now. Thanks Q! Love these videos 🙏🏿

@jezebulls Жыл бұрын

Spider-Man?

@RowdyBoy82 Жыл бұрын

This Nissan why it's illegal for Chads to do science.

@squirlmy 2 ай бұрын

did you read it? Basically the first parts are just them improving their home, what is at that point their entire universe. The way human crops are in many ways much more efficient than grassy fields. they of course improve their host's health, until they realize they can spread to other hosts. Then hosts are disposable.

@meggammacisaacrylie7869 Жыл бұрын

I read this book decades ago, not too long after it came out. Blood Music really blew my mind, as I kept on thinking of all the different ways things could have played out (besides the way they did in the story); the many horrific and beautiful scenarios that could have come about due to this kind of technology. I liked that Blood Music really made me think about the fact that humans seem to have a tendency to create and use dangerous technology that we don't have a full understanding of or that we don't realize the negative effects that could be results of using that technology years or decades later.

@senilegoldsmith4112 Жыл бұрын

This dude is quickly becoming one of my favorite content creators. Head and shoulders above any like his kind in this moment. How wonderful these videos are.

@jaredrazack1396 Жыл бұрын

His recommendations are the best. Exactly the books I read

@SnowSpawn Жыл бұрын

I think that a good short series that you should cover would be the two part “Dragon’s Egg” and “Starquake” by Robert L. Forward. It explores the concept of life on the surface of a neutron star and how time dilation would affect their civilization’s development relative to humanity. I’m loving these videos, keep up the great work!

@blackpekoe4163 Жыл бұрын

Those were GREAT books! And the aliens were actually fun and amusing characters - something SF needs a lot more of.

@tomd9323 Жыл бұрын

Good to see you covering this book! I read Eon and Eternity by Greg Bear, which led me to reading Blood Music. I still remember being fascinated by it 20 years later.

@sferrin2 Жыл бұрын

You'd like Forge of God and Anvil of Stars I think. Also by Greg Bear.

@lobstrosity7163 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Legacy! Prequel to Eon and Eternity. A hauntingly beautiful and sad book.

@andreasplosky8516 Жыл бұрын

I read this 20 years ago. It was a breathtaking, haunting experience. One of the best and most original ideas in scifi horror. I must now read it again. I'm already booting up my e-reader.

@peterb9038 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading that back in the day. I remember the descriptions of how they reconstructed the human spine with triangular structures before deciding the human form wasn't necessary and then you had the massive bio machines they made and how they defeated the inventible nuclear attack.

@jasonparrish8670 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I read this shortly after publish as a teen and loved it. I think the concept that a 'child of homo sapiens' could evolve beyond what we gave them was very optimistic, almost utopian, so didn't see it as horror. It did make me realize how virtually impossible it would be to associate with what will come next as it would be to empathize with a prior incarnation back down the evolutionary tree. Thank you so much for exploring these old sci-fi Quinn!

@michaelcnapier Жыл бұрын

I was a teenager in High School back in the 80’s when I first read this. I’m so glad you found this one Quinn. The concepts are mind boggling and scary. You inspired me to reread it again. Thanks Quinn, keep making these awesome videos!

@nathangibbons9492 Жыл бұрын

I read the book in one sitting when I was a teenager, this video really takes me back to a book I can remember vividly.

@rachel107511 Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize the Futurama episode was based off something. That's awesome. 😄

@gutz166 Жыл бұрын

Blood Music was probably the inspiration behind the main antagonist of XCOM 3 : Apocalypse (created by Jullian Gollop), the Micronoids. Even the bad ending of the game, in which the earth disappear from our space, probably into the another dimension, are quite similar to the description of earth's fate in Blood Music book. Intelligent alien infection/cells/disease was also present in the X- Files tv series in the form of living black oil, that would alter the mind and body of the host. Another Jullian Gollop's game, Phoenix Point, also has a similar antagonist, intelligent alien virus that was lead by an Alien Horror in space.

@anguishedcarpet Жыл бұрын

I really liked Phoenix Point but it was waayyyy too mf hard compared to XCOM. What was Julian thinking lmao

@gutz166 Жыл бұрын

@@anguishedcarpet Phoenix Point is probably, what Jullian Gollop intended for XCOM 2 and 3, if he's not constrained by the publisher and the technology at the time. Phoenix Point is VERY GOOD and very hard at the same time, though.

@tgreaux5027 Жыл бұрын

Blood Music was one of the first sci fi books I ever read. I was captivated by it.

@pl1guru Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite science fiction books. It was the first book I remember reading that dealt with the concept of nanocytes and gray goo. I really liked it and the concept stuck with me. I've always would've liked to see it in movie form, but afraid a movie would change things too much.

@donventura2116 Жыл бұрын

Cronenberg's son is making films now and following in his father's footsteps in making bodyhorror and grounded scifi films. I think either David or Branden Cronenberg could give the film a solid adaptation, but they seem set on developing their original ideas which is great too.

@rubyrabbit5381 Жыл бұрын

Quinn, you've introduced me to SO many books and scifi series, enriching my life and my book shelf and for that, I thank you, whole heartedly. I always look forward to your videos.

@nathanhoffmeyer9931 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit... Can't BELIEVE you're doing this book. It was one that as a kid under 10, always left me feeling slightly scared and disturbed at the notion of forced loss of self in every way possible. The only reason people accepted without further resistance after their alterations was those parts of the psyche that would fight were simply not "translated". Anyways... One of the books that frightened me enough to read over a dozen times just to try to find the answers.

@tygerbyrn Жыл бұрын

My favorite novel of all time. Blood Music by Greg Bear. I read his novel in one sitting after receiving it in the mail from The Science Fiction Book Club back in the 1980s.

@mikew735 Жыл бұрын

Your vid's sometimes expose me to sf books or author's I havent found and then I get to spend hours reading an amazing book, in this instance it really saved me, tyvm.

@SteveSmith-wk9dx Жыл бұрын

I read this when it was first published. At the time, Greg Bear was being compared to Arthur C. Clarke. Blood Music, as you noted, culminates similarly to Childhood's End after starting from a totally different point. You also have 'Eon', which starts in a similar place to Rendezvous With Rama, but goes somewhere completely different.

@atlantis9284 Жыл бұрын

You do such a excellent job bringing to light a lot of books I would have otherwise never heard of. You do an excellent job, thank you.

@TheMysticalTank Жыл бұрын

Intelligent diseases have always been an interesting science fiction horror concept for me. Halo CE is what got me terrified of space zombies but the books solidified the concept for me. Basically, intelligent diseases are the ultimate form of “You f*cked around the Universe too much, this is how you find out!”

@ninjacreeper541 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a huge book guy but this seems like a kind of book that could sell me. Such an interesting concept and because the amount of thought that went into this is astonishing

@LauraOfTheValley Жыл бұрын

It's embarrassing how many times I have listened to this video. You're easily in my top 5 fav KZfaqrs!!❤

@TitularHeroine Жыл бұрын

I've heard of and completely forgotten this title, so I'm glad you made this episode! Your narration style and voice are perfectly suited to this kind of ominous, mysterious storytelling. We luv ya, Quinn!!

@AdrianMRyan Жыл бұрын

I’d never heard of this book before and picked it up on the recommendation of the first few minutes of this video. I’m so glad I did, what an amazing book. It feels like it was written months ago, not in the early 80s

@AdrianMRyan Ай бұрын

A year later and I'm coming back to re-watch this to remind myself about the book before I go into a book club about it. Thx Quinn!

@TheRadicalzombie Жыл бұрын

This book is so underrated. Thank you so much for doing a video on it! Love your videos!

@ericcloud1023 Жыл бұрын

Seriously an amazing concept this writer came up with, thank you for shedding light on it quin! Your channel has fully grown a life of its own, after emerging from ASOIAF :P and I couldn't be happier

@Scimarad Жыл бұрын

Blood Music is one of my favourite books of all time and it's the reason I finally came to the conclusion that SF can be far more fantastic in scope than your average fantasy epic. I have to say that once I'd read this for the first time any horror was quickly replaced by a sense of wonder for the implications of the Noocytes and what it meant for humanity. It really is the most uplifting and mind-expanding apocalypse in the end:)

@akiradkcn 11 ай бұрын

Eh, it all depends on the writer tbh

@noir1750 Жыл бұрын

As a long time fan of your channel I love the way you have evolved and grown over the years. Thank you so much for what you do.

@wildmanz8233 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I love these scifi oriented vids...props to you, Quinn, for being such a loyal fan to the genre and sharing your enthusiasm

@de1018 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent vid! Thank you! I love your choice in background music for your narrations, from your coverage of Liu's series to this one.

@Industrialitis Жыл бұрын

I cant believe you're covering Blood Music. It's a top ten story for me and i've never seen it covered at all.

@ericjohnson709 Жыл бұрын

You describe the cosmic horror of the universe so well and with such thought. Your work is awesome and chilling, thank you for doing it!

@frankiethetiger5748 Жыл бұрын

This book has some really amazing concepts in it. Great read! Awesome video Quinn!!

@carlizinea Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. And yesterday I started seeing this one, and got so interested in the story, that I stopped everything and went to find a pdf of the book. I've read it this night and it's one of the best books I've ever seen. Thanks for all your amazing work!!

@jknott1003 Жыл бұрын

Greg Bear was a great author. Having read so many of his books, I can recommend Blood Music and The Strength of Stones as some of his best work. Good stuff!

@jcaseyjones2829 Жыл бұрын

Top ten for someone who has loved sci-fi novels for 30+ years. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS BOOK.

@Badosureinhardt Жыл бұрын

I was hoping you'd do one of these 🙂

@pat2157 Жыл бұрын

I binged all your videos when i found your channel and ive been waiting for more videos. Thank you

@itsfullofbars Жыл бұрын

I read The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars by Greg Bear - until now I had never heard of this book. Thank you for covering it! Amazing job

@hughgladeau6266 Жыл бұрын

I just god done with both Blood Music AND the area X series in the last two months or so. This channel is what Led me to the three body trilogy.. FOREVER GREATFUL. And now he’s happening to cover books I happened to learn about and be interested in. What a fun coincidence.

@yoggysothoth Жыл бұрын

This is such an awesome book. I remember discovering it when it came out and rereading it so many times through my life. What a treat seeing it mentioned here!

@carlosvasquez9890 Жыл бұрын

The best thing about having short memory problems is that spoilers have no effect on me.

@ChrisStaff989 Жыл бұрын

This is the best channel I’ve come across in years

@captindo Жыл бұрын

Your videos wake my brain up, love the creative works you present for us to look into.

@jgobroho Жыл бұрын

I love this damn channel. Everything about it is great. You've got a great voice for this kind of stuff Quinn. Thanks man.

@tiffanystarrdust3902 11 ай бұрын

Bro you got an amazing channel. From your insights on the material you cover to the over all esthetic if your channel it's got a very original look and feel to it, the backround music the bridging shots of the book Shelf showing the source material. It's really top notch good job. You are one of the greats in the KZfaq content creator comunity. Your videos are just captivating

@reallybig4868 Жыл бұрын

First found your vids through my love of dune. I don't read much sci fi these days but really enjoy your breakdowns. I don't even intend to read most of these, they still provide enjoyment. good job man!

@PwncakeOW Жыл бұрын

Quinn...I adore you and your channel. The work and talent you put in is noticed. Good stuff dude.

@keithdafox2257 Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to find this book for ages! Thank you!

@jeremymagoulas4597 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are always intriguing. Top notch production. We’ll done.

@antonchigurh2266 Жыл бұрын

I have always wished someone would summarise books for me. You have done it and it's a great one.

@JWolde Жыл бұрын

Read this decades ago. Thanks for bringing it back!

@euchiron Жыл бұрын

This was my intro to Greg Bear and it blew my mind. Spectacular stuff

@chongonugs 6 ай бұрын

When I first read Blood Music as a teen, it blew my mind! A lot of Bear and Baxter really expanded my thoughts in ways I still can't understand, even in my 40s now!

@juliannacolombo5584 Жыл бұрын

Happy Friday to me. Just sat down after running around all early morning. Perfect pairing for my coffee!

@kainmorgenmeer4341 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for recommending this booik, I am nearly through and omg I haven't read anything great like this in a while.

@mikekeenan8450 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 1980s the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio network had an evening show called "Vanishing Point" where they did scifi-ish radio plays. My first exposure to _Blood Music_ was a serialized version on that show.

@MantisToboggan2291 Жыл бұрын

Hey Quinn! Just Joined up! You turned me on to Three Body Problem which blew my mind! I was already into The Southern Reach Trilogy, but I loved your videos there, and then also Blindsight and Echopraxia! Looking forward to more!

@Tia-Marie Жыл бұрын

OMG you read blood music! I loved that story soo much. I wish there were more SciFis that touched upon intelligent cells.

@eddysstuff Жыл бұрын

I would listen to all these books if read by this man, you have. Way with words and you make it so interesting

@abaneyone Жыл бұрын

Your brake down of these books is amazing!

@wunderb0r Жыл бұрын

well I just discovered my new most favorite sci-fi channel. greetings from Berlin!

@kurohime23 Жыл бұрын

Just wanted you know that I appreciate your channel and because of it I’ve actually gotten into reading the first time in my life 😅. I’m currently reading annihilation.

@HeyMichaelLeo Жыл бұрын

You are one of the best Narrators I have ever listened too.

@lowrider81hd 10 ай бұрын

Took the plunge and became a Patron just for this video! Thank you thank you thank you so much for this particular video!!! Blood Music was such a deep part of my 30’s, I was obsessed!

@bigfoot3866 Жыл бұрын

I HAVE to read this book. Quinn I cannot tell you how many great books youve suggested for me. Thank you.

@docastr581 Жыл бұрын

I love Greg Bear! His contribution to the Halo series was amazing! Thank you for coving this :)

@kellyduggan2326 Жыл бұрын

sounds like it would make a good sci-fi movie to me, something new. love your channel

@Satsujin1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing us all these great stories

@InfameKato Жыл бұрын

I just finished the book around a week ago, started the book at around the 30 second mark of this video 2 weeks ago. Now I wanted to come back to the video again hehe. Thank you as usual for the great recommendations, you never disappoint :). Keep up the good work ! Cheers from the cyber-narco-dystopia that is Colombia. Take care :)

@planetdisco4821 Жыл бұрын

1986. I was a 17 year old apprentice boilermaker in Melbourne, Australia. I skipped out of work during my lunch break to attend a book signing by Greg Bear at a shopping mall nearby. Much to my amazement the poor bugger was sitting at a desk outside the bookshop with not a soul in attendance, so I got all my books signed by him and wound up chatting with him (While wearing a grease-smeared boiler suit and sporting a bad teenage mullet) for about 2 straight hours. He told me he’d signed over the movie rights to blood music and that they were making a movie of it using the same morphing effects they’d recently used in The Abyss. Man I would’ve loved to have seen that! He was such a nice and down to earth guy and I’m so glad that he took all that time to have a non-patronising conversation with a nerdy grease smeared teenage apprentice. I was just looking at my signed copy of blood music the other day and remembering the conversation. Thanks Greg! Truly one of the greats of hard science fiction. Hull zero three is amazing. You’re an absolute legend and I can’t believe your gone…. RIP 😢

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Жыл бұрын

I just got done reading this a couple months ago. It felt so much longer than it actually was, in a good way. I haven't read Childhood's End or probably any of the other direct influences on Blood Music so it felt fresh to me. Spoilers ahead. The book was horrifying in many ways but since the noocytes are friendly in their own way, BM strikes a weird balance between scifi horror and speculative fiction. There was always this dread at the back of my mind while reading; if _this_ is what they do to us, their forebears whom they respect, imagine what they do to something they hate. Or imagine what a superintelligent plague would to to us if it hated us. (brief aside: I think the Vex from Destiny tried to explore this, but the writing for that game is an absolute mess.) It gave me a lot to think about and while in my opinion the finale felt a bit insane and like it became a bit more sci-fantasy than the rest of the book, given time to expand on the post-transcendence world it might have felt more coherent. Or maybe not, I'm not sure. It was intended to be mysterious and beyond baseline human understanding so I suppose it works to leave it unexplained.

@lpg12338 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing! 👍

@yohanscold2149 Жыл бұрын

Doing my part for the algo! Love you Quinn, your videos bring me so much comfort.

@akaidatenshi Жыл бұрын

This is so cool! Thank you for your hard work!

@zacharyjohnson6567 Жыл бұрын

Bro, your channel has basically just become my reading list and the reason I've spent about $100 on audible the past week. 😂 Keep it up man!

@Ericthefilo Жыл бұрын

thanks for this video! Read the book as a result of it and thoroughly enjoyed it.

@aappaapp6627 11 ай бұрын

Love your vids Quinn!!

@troycoley-cn5bb 11 ай бұрын

Yet another amazing video!!

@ndowroccus4168 Жыл бұрын

Quinn…your love of sci-fi is inspirational. Thanks for all your videos.

@TurnerRentz Жыл бұрын

I am so looking forward to reading Blood Music. Thanks Quinn!! Liked this video.

@lazarusgrey4866 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I really appreciate the book reviews 👍

@VenerableHell Жыл бұрын

Loved this bro!

@sangun123 Жыл бұрын

hey man you prolly wont read this but you got me into reading a whole bunch of things that i'd never know about if not for these sorts of videos, wanted to thank you