The Spike is a 1997 book by Damien Broderick exploring the future of technology, and in particular the concept of the technological singularity.
A revised and updated edition was published in 2001 as The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed by Rapidly Advancing Technologies, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2001, ISBN he ISBN pbk. Library of Congress T14.B75 2001.