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Blood Music (record Label)
Blood Music may refer to: * ''Blood Music'' (novel), a 1985 science fiction novel by Greg Bear * ''Blood Music'' (Chapterhouse album) * ''Blood Music'' (Dead Celebrity Status album) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Music (novel)
''Blood Music'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear. It was originally published as a short story in 1983 in the American science fiction magazine '' Analog Science Fact & Fiction'', winning the 1983 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Greg Bear published an expanded version in novel form in 1985. ''Blood Music'' deals with themes including biotechnology, nanotechnology (including the grey goo hypothesis), the nature of reality, consciousness, and artificial intelligence. Plot summary In the novel, renegade biotechnologist Vergil Ulam creates simple biological computers based on his own lymphocytes. Faced with orders from his nervous employer to destroy his work, he injects them into his own body, intending to smuggle the "noocytes" (as he calls them) out of the company and work on them elsewhere. Inside Ulam's body, the noocytes multiply and evolve rapidly, altering their own genetic material and quickly becoming sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Music (Chapterhouse Album)
''Blood Music'' is the second and final studio album by British shoegaze band Chapterhouse. Early copies of this album, as well as North American and Japanese editions, include the bonus remix CD ''Pentamerous Metamorphosis'' by Global Communication. Cherry Red re-issued the album in 2008, prefaced by songs from the "Mesmerise" and "We Are The Beautiful" CD singles. Production The album has a more pronounced electronic sound than its predecessor. Many producers contributed to the album. Critical reception Ira Robbins, in ''Trouser Press'', wrote: "Another tuneful delight in a different kitchen, ''Blood Music'' hustles and bustles, putting emphatic rhythms into songs that could have been cut from the first album’s sparkling pop cloth." Track listing # "Don't Look Now" (Andrew Sherriff) # "There's Still Life" (Simon Rowe) # "We Are the Beautiful" (Stephen Patman) # "Summer's Gone" (Rowe, Sherriff) # "Everytime" (Sherriff) # "Deli" (Ashley Bates, Simon Rowe) # "On the Way to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |