The Spike is a 1997 book by Damien Broderick exploring the future of technology and the concept of the singularity .

A revised and updated edition Was published in 2001 as The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed by Rapidly Advancing Technology , New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2001, ISBN  0-312-87781-1 he ISBN  0-312-87782-Xpbk. Library of Congress T14.B75 2001.