MetaGame

MetaGame is a 2009 novel by Sam Landstrom. A story of a man who lives in a post-Singularity world that is ruled by a computer called the OverSoul, and a point-based economy where people earn points by playing games, spend the points to buy things, and - for the lucky few who earn enough points during their lifetime - earn their way to immortality.


 * Immortal Life Is Cheap: Averted. Immortality in this case is actually just brain transplantation, which means that even for the Immortal, brain-death is death.
 * Hunting the Most Dangerous Game:
 * Interrogation by Vandalism: How D_Light learns of from.
 * Lego Genetics: Given the fact that the genomes of most species have been documented, all you need to do to create a customized creature is grab a template from a living organism and tack on all the behavior and appearance genes you like!
 * The Singularity
 * The Plague: Backstory. The TerriLove virus killed off a significant fraction of the human population by targeting the genes that genetic engineers had used to make people smart and beautiful, providing the impetus for the creation of the OverSoul.
 * Robot Buddy: The familiars; pretty much everyone has one. They interface with brain chips.
 * We Will Spend Credits in the Future: points are the currency they use
 * We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Products, which are specially genetically engineered to be just below the DNA-similarity mark between humans and chimpanzees. Apparently, killing one is, and I quote, "like destroying a very expensive piece of furniture".
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Products, which are specially genetically engineered to be just below the DNA-similarity mark between humans and chimpanzees. Apparently, killing one is, and I quote, "like destroying a very expensive piece of furniture".