Rudy rucker has 146 books on goodreads with 75111 ratings. The ware tetralogy is a series of four science fiction novels by author rudy rucker. Secret of life, white light, saucer wisdom, page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35. A cult author tries to write about alien abductions. Buy a cheap copy of white light book by rudy rucker. In white light rucker commandingly synthesizes mysticism, pop imagery,the devilhimself, jesus christ, the great mathematicians and theirideas, head culture. White light by rudy rucker perhaps i should say why i have read this book in the first place. White light examines the concept of infinity, while the ware tetralogy written from 1982 through 2000 is in part an explanation of the use of natural selection to develop software a subject also developed in his the hacker and the ants, written in 1994. The secret of life, white light, and saucer wisdom.
My eleven or twelve novels thus far break into three groups. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading white light. White light 9781597809849 by rucker, rudy and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Rucker s 828page compilation of journal jottings captures, with the proper dose of absurdity, silicon valley at the millenniums cusp, a digitized microcosm of the human paradox, simultaneously beautiful and futile, like a wry batch of contaminated ethanol. Get it by fri, aug 7 mon, aug 10 from us, united states. Felix rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. White light examines the concept of infinity, while the ware tetralogy written from 1982 through 2000 is in part an explanation of the use of natural selection to develop software a subject also developed in. Rudy rucker, twotime winner of the prestigious philip k. Praise for white light white light is a good, intelligent, powerful novel, and the most auspicious debut in the sf field since i dont know when. White light book by rudy rucker, john shirley official publisher. Morethree science fiction novels by rudy rucker, blending realism and the fantistic in a transreal style. Notes on embodied and disembodied notions of infinity and continuity considering c. Ware tetralogy, white light, wetware, software, spaceland, mathematicians in love, the hacker and the ants.
White light is a work of science fiction by rudy rucker published in 1980 by virgin books in the uk and ace books in the us. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Software 1982, wetware 1988, freeware 1997 and realware 2000 the first two books both received the philip k. Rudy rucker is a past master at turning mathematical concepts into rollicking science fiction adventure, from spacetime donuts and white light to the hacker and the ants. White light rudy rucker novel project gutenberg self. Get it by fri, aug 7 mon, aug 10 from us, united states like new condition. White light by rudy rucker 2019, trade paperback for sale. In white light rucker commandingly synthesizes mysticism, pop imagery, the devil himself, jesus christ, the great mathematicians and their ideas, head culture, and even voodoo into a novel that takes us on a wild journey to infinity, to the absolute, and back again. Dick award, is one of sf\s most inventive and irreverent. Works similar to white light, or what is cantors continuum problem. Abbotts classic novel, flatland, rucker gives us a tour of higher mathematics and visionary realities. Notes for return to the hollow earth, rudy ruckers booklength. William gibson rudy rucker is the most consistently brilliant imagination working in sf todaycharles stross. Rudy rucker project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
Im not sure i really buy that, but i can say this rudy rucker is certainly one of the most unique authors of his generation, and white light is a unique work among unique works. Series isbncatalog id price pages format type cover artist verif. White light rudy rucker by yung shellenbarger issuu. It was written while rucker was teaching mathematics at the university of heidelberg from 1978 to 1980, at roughly the same time he was working on the nonfiction book infinity and the mind. A hipster math professor travels to the afterworld. Transrealism is about transmuting an authors ordinary life into sf. Jack and the aktuals, or, physical applications of transfinite set theory by rudy rucker. As you mention, the hacker and the ants is part of the transreal series which includes the secret of life, spacetime donuts, and white light. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Rudy rucker is an american mathematician and science fiction writer, author of the ware tetralogy.
White light by rudy rucker author rudy rucker offers a unique vision of life, death, and the infinite worlds that lie beyond in this thoughtprovoking. Secret of life, white light, saucer wisdom by rudy rucker has as a students study guide novels by rudy rucker study guide. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Just like felix rayman, falling into the white light.
Apr 16, 2001 i read somewhere, once, that rudy rucker was the original and actual father of cyberpunk, and that white light was his seminal work. Its probably cliche to compare a book to taking hallucinogens, but thats how white light reads. Rucker wrote his first transrealist novel, white light, while he was at heidelberg. Rudy rucker simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The secret of life internet speculative fiction database. Author rudy rucker offers a unique vision of life, death, and the infinite worlds that lie beyond in this thoughtprovoking, inspiring, romanticand funny as hellmathematical sf novel.
As for sheer writing, theres probably no one like him. Rudy rucker is a mathematician, a set theorist to be precise, and this book, his opera prima, was written around a central theme. Author rudy rucker offers a unique vision of life, death, and the infinite worlds that lie beyond in this thoughtprovoking, inspiring, romanticand funny as. To have seen a specter isnt everything, and there are deathmasks piled, one atop the other, clear to heaven. Sep 15, 2016 i read somewhere, once, that rudy rucker was the original and actual father of cyberpunk, and that white light was his seminal work. Author of wetware series rudy rucker is an american mathematician and science fiction writer, author of. Jun 22, 2014 rudy rucker, spacetime donuts, 1981 actually the diagnostic tool known as a cat scan consists of a process something like this.
All the interviews is my compilation in chronological order of all of the interview questions ive answered by email. Transreal trilogy contains three of rudy rucker s transreal novels, which can also be purchased alone. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Even the students who read the novel white light by rudy rucker. William gibson rudy rucker is the most consistently brilliant imagination working in. Mar 12, 2019 i read somewhere, once, that rudy rucker was the original and actual father of cyberpunk, and that white light was his seminal work. His many books on mathematics and philosophy include mind tools and the fourth dimension, and his numerous works of science fic. In infinity and the mind, rudy rucker leads an excursion to that stretch of the. Notes on embodied and disembodied notions of infinity and.
Novelist, mathematician, computer programmer nationality. Rudy rucker should be declared a national treasure of american science fiction. Rudy rucker, all the interviews, january 19, 2021 p. It was written while rucker was teaching mathematics at the university of heidelberg from 1978 to 1980, at roughly the same time he was working on the nonfiction book infinity and the mind on one level, the book is an exploration of the mathematics of infinity through. This transrealist novel is based on his experiences at suny geneseo. In white light rucker commandingly synthesizes mysticism, pop imagery. For example, white light examines the concept of infinity. White light by rudy rucker 2019, trade paperback for. When things get tough, i find it relaxing and uplifting to imagine that im merging with the one.
Rudy rucker, all the interviews, updated november 15, 2004 all the interviews by rudy rucker last updated. White light book by rudy rucker, john shirley official. The closest to the cyberpunk genre of all his works, the tetralogy explores themes such as rapid technological change, generational differences, consciousness. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Transrealism is about transmuting your ordinary life into sf. White light examines the concept of infinity, while the ware tetralogy written from 1982. Night shade books, march, 2019, 4th edtion, with introduction by john shirley. Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas. Simon and schuster, tac gi rudy rucker, john shirley nxb night shade books nam xb 2019, tr. Rudy rucker is a mathematician, computer scientist, author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Surreal, inventive, and a touch aimless, white light is full of wild invention and mindbending meditations on the nature of infinity.
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