Blood Music (novel)

Blood Music
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorGreg Bear
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherArbor House
Publication date
1985
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages262
ISBN0-87795-720-7
OCLC11444143
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3552.E157 B58 1985

Blood Music is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear. It is an expanded version of a short story of the same title, originally published in the June 1983 issue of Analog and the winner of both the 1983 Nebula and 1984 Hugo awards for Best Novelette.

Blood Music deals with themes including biotechnology, nanotechnology (including the grey goo hypothesis), the nature of reality, consciousness, and artificial intelligence.