Hylozoic

"Rucker puts the weird in science. String theory might as well have been invented to give rise to mind-benders like this book." - Cory Doctorow on Postsingular

After the Singularity that occurred in Postsingular, life on Earth has been transformed by the awakening of all matter into consciousness. The most intimate moments of your life can be experienced by anyone who cares to pay attention. Or by hundreds of thousands of anyones, if you are one of the Founders, celebrities who helped create the Singularity.

Young newlyweds Thuy, a hypertext novelist, and Jayjay, a gamer and brain-enhancement addict, are living a popular live-action media life. But now alien races that have already gone through this transformation notice Earth for the first time and begin to arrive to exploit both the new environment and any available humans. Some of them are real estate developers, some are slavers, and some just want to help, but who can tell the difference? Who can save humanity from the alien invasions? It might well be reality-media stars Thuy and Joy-Jay.

"[Rucker's] wild imagination never slows down."---Publishers Weekly on Hylozoic

"Rucker takes on the hot topics of nanotechnology and the transformation of hum anity with exuberance and irreverent wit... Rucker is wildly inventive, tossing out ideas on the cutting edge of science with attention to their most offbeat consequences."---The Denver Post on Postsingular