Idea for a Sci Fi novel?

On a completely ORNL-unrelated note:

I was riding to work today with Jeff listening to Shpongle and I had a great idea for an epic science fiction novel! Many science fiction authors present the idea of ultimate existence as transcending beyond physical existence. Some how humans figure out how to leave their physical bodies behind and become some kind of ethereal energy form that floats the universe for eternity whose only purpose is to learn the secrets of life.

Wouldn't it be totally rad if all of the electromagnetic radiation in the universe was actually other civilizations who have achieved such a transcendence? Assuming the big bang/big crunch model of the universe, what if past civilizations during the last universal cycle formed some sort of ultimate scientific coalition that figured out how to achieve this higher state? What if the only way to cause such a change WOULD BE TO INITIATE THE BIG CRUNCH thereby CAUSING ALL LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE TO TRANSCEND?!

But there's some new threat to the universe... one that could end all life, physical and energy, as we know it. One man (or woman) is chosen by the sum collective consciousness of the universe to stand against this evil. In the end, humanity prevails and the universe is safe. He is presented with a choice at the end of the story to take the ultimate journey into the FINAL FRONTIER... does he accept the offer?

Shit, ida know... somebody write this novel so I can read it. I hereby release this demon of an idea to the world. I wonder if I wrote a letter to one of my favorite epic sci fi authors, Peter F. Hamilton, whether he'd at least read it or not. Man, that guy knows how to write some pretty epic sci fi.

Ok, ok, ok... time to stop spiraling out into infinity and get back to work.