About Rudy
[Photo by Georgia Rucker, 2004]
Rudy Rucker is a writer and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer science professor, and published a number of software packages.
Rucker is regarded as contemporary master of science-fiction, and received the Philip K. Dick award twice. His thirty published books include both novels and non-fiction books on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation.
A founder of the cyberpunk school of science-fiction, Rucker also writes SF in a realistic style known as transrealism. His 2006 Mathematicians in Love was an example of a transreal novel. His early cyberpunk four-book series was republished in 2010 as The Ware Tetralogy .
Rucker’s 2007 novel, Postsingular was something of a return to the cyberpunk style, as was the 2009 sequel, Hylozoic, in which every object on Earth comes to life.
Rucker autobiography, Nested Scrolls, will appear in 2011, as will his novel of the afterlife, Jim and the Flims.
More information can be found on Rucker’s home page, in his Wikipedia entry, or in his illustrated autobiographical essay, and in Rucker’s collected online interviews.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Morgan Roche—You can find images of lots of my paintings through links on this blog, for instance here is a nice painting of beach in California called “Four Mile Beach,” just click to see it. You can print that screen and take it to school. I hope your teacher doesn’t expect you to get an original painting on canvas via email!
— Rudy R.
October 7th, 2011 at 4:15 am
Yo, Dr. Rucker!
Just wanted to let you know how greatly I’ve enjoyed reading the Lifebox, The Seashell and the Soul, and also the Ware Tetrology (I plan to read all of your work, as time permits).
I’ve been interested in many of the ideas covered in those books for some time, but reading them inspired me even further.
As a fellow painter, I wanted to share this Moldie-inspired pointillist painting I did, which makes use of lots of scrolling patterns and toys around with ideas related to emergent phenomena, as well (Seriously, the final work wouldn’t have come out in quite this way at all, if not for the Ware books):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37535656@N07/5436871311/in/photostream/lightbox/
Sincere thanks for broadening my horizons, man.
October 7th, 2011 at 11:28 am
John, these are really really nice paintings. Kind of a superpointallist style. I’m thinking you use acrylic? If you ever show these in the SF Bay area, let me know, would be interesting to see them in person.
October 8th, 2011 at 3:01 am
Thanks! I like your paintings, too.
Yup, acrylic dries quickly, so it is much easier to lay down one layer of color on top of the other than it would be with oil.
Man, it would be a nice thing if I were able to show some paintings in the SF area. Since I live in Croatia, it wouldn’t be very practical to do so any time in the near future. Still, you never can tell where life will lead…
January 19th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I’m pleased at having encountered your website in the course of looking for something else. I was traversing a list of contributors to Boing Boing and your named leaped out as one I recognized. I read several of your novels years ago when I discovered “cyberpunk” fiction. I didn’t know you were into painting, too, which I love. Obviously I’m catching up with your career. Your software offerings are of great interest. I’ll bookmark your site and look forward to many returns. Very best wishes….