Most Popular Books by Rudy Rucker

Like many other stories and novels by Rudy Rucker, "Jack and the Aktuals" is a wild and wooly dramatization of certain principles of higher mathematics, with added talking animals, sentient pencils, and orders-of-infinity nested within one another like Russian dolls. No description can ever encompass the mind-bending experience of reading a Rudy Rucker story. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

These lost works of Wells, written near his death, deal with the apocalypse and the afterlife.

In 1836, Mason Algiers Reynolds leaves his family''s Virginia farm with his father''s slave, a dog, and a mule. Branded a murderer, he finds sanctuary with his hero, Edgar Allan Poe, and together they embark on an extraordinary expedition to the South Pole, and the entrance to the Hollow Earth. It is there, at the center of the world, where strange physics, strange people, and stranger creatures abound, that their bizarre adventures truly begin.Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards.As his "own alternative to cyberpunk," Rucker developed a writing style he terms: Transrealism, as outlined in his 1983 essay "The Transrealist Manifesto," is science fiction based on the author''s own life and immediate perceptions, mixed with fantastic elements that symbolize psychological change. Many of Rucker''s novels and short stories apply these ideas.Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; 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. His novels also put forward a mystical philosophy that Rucker has summarized in an essay titled, with only a bit of irony, "The Central Teachings of Mysticism".

A hipster math prof''s journey to Abosolute Infinity...and back.

It''s 2054, and Phil Gottner doesn''t know where his life is. His girlfriend is hooked on merge, a drug used in ''bacteria-style'' sex. His father has just been swallowed by a hyperspatial anomaly that materialized from a piece of art designed to project images of four-dimensional objects into three-dimensional space. Then, at the funeral, Phil meets and falls in love with Yoke Starr-Mydol, a young lovely visiting from the Moon.Spuring Phil''s advances, Yoke flies to the Polynesian island of Tonga, where she discovers an alien presence at the bottome of the sea. Calling themselves Metamartians, the aliens offer Yoke an alla,a handheld device that gives its owner the power of mind over matter-which, it turns out, is pretty much like having a magic wand.But as Phil pursues Yoke, and the altruistic Metamartians distribute more allas, he begins to suspect that his father''s disappearance and presumed death are linked to the aliens and their miraculous gift. For it seems that the allas are accompanied by a fourth-dimensional entity known as Om, a godlike being who''s taken a special interest in humans. Now Phil and Yoke must solve the mystery of the Metamartians and their god, before humanity uses its newfound powers to destroy itself altogether.Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards.As his "own alternative to cyberpunk," Rucker developed a writing style he terms: Transrealism, as outlined in his 1983 essay "The Transrealist Manifesto," is science fiction based on the author''s own life and immediate perceptions, mixed with fantastic elements that symbolize psychological change. Many of Rucker''s novels and short stories apply these ideas.Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; 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. His novels also put forward a mystical philosophy that Rucker has summarized in an essay titled, with only a bit of irony, "The Central Teachings of Mysticism".

Now, in 2053, ''moldies'' are the latest robotic advancement-evolved artificial lifeforms made of soft plastic and gene-tweaked molds and algae, so anatomically inventive and universally despised that their very presence on the planet has thrown the entire low-rent future into a serious tailspin. So the moon is the place to be, if you''re a persecuted ''moldie'' or an enlightened ''flesher'' intent an creating a new, more utopian hybrid civilization. Of course up there, there are other intergalactic intelligences to contend with-and some not so intelligent-who have their own agendas and appetites.Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards.As his "own alternative to cyberpunk," Rucker developed a writing style he terms: Transrealism, as outlined in his 1983 essay "The Transrealist Manifesto," is science fiction based on the author''s own life and immediate perceptions, mixed with fantastic elements that symbolize psychological change. Many of Rucker''s novels and short stories apply these ideas.Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; 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. His novels also put forward a mystical philosophy that Rucker has summarized in an essay titled, with only a bit of irony, "The Central Teachings of Mysticism".

A two-volume steampunk extravaganza. Accompanied by Edgar Allan Poe, a nineteeth-century farm boy travels through the vast interior of the Hollow Earth to present day California.

Deluxe hardback edtion with fourteen color chapter illustrations based on paintings by the author. Biotech has replaced machines. Qrude young artist Zad Plant works with living paint. But Zad''s career is on the skids, and wife Jane has thrown him out. Enter qwet-or quantum wetware. Qwet makes you high-and it gives you telepathy. A cultural evolution begins. But hungry mouths begin popping out of the air and eating people. Zad and Jane travel through a wormhole to confront the aliens. And they meet something stranger than ever imagined. What is the Big Aha? SF master Rudy Rucker''s wildest adventure yet.

"Yo, Jack," said Tonel as they lugged two golf bags apiece towards the men''s locker room. It was sunset, the end of a long Saturday''s caddying, Jack''s last day of work this summer. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Am Ende der Unendlichkeit Felix Rayman lebt im Staat New York und hat den langweiligsten Beruf der Welt: Er ist Mathematiklehrer in einer Provinzstadt. Seine Familie ist zerrüttet, seine Karriere stritt schon seit Jahren auf der Stelle – Was hat Felix also zu verlieren? Er bringt sich selbst das luzide Träumen bei, um komplexe mathematische Probleme zu lösen, und macht so außerkörperliche Erfahrungen. Bei einer davon trifft er auf den Teufel, dem er mit knapper Not entkommt. Sein Retter ist niemand geringeres als Jesus, der ihn um einen Gefallen bittet: Rayman soll Kathy, einer jungen Frau, die im Wochenbett gestorben ist, nach Cimön bringen. Doch wie gelangt man in ein Land, das unendlich weit entfernt ist? Wie besteigt man dort einen Berg, der unendlich hoch ist? Und gibt es das absolut Unendliche eigentlich?

“Jim and the Flims is just as quirky and enjoyable as everything else he’s written. Ricker knows how to bring the spark of life to the realm of death.” —Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column Author Rudy Rucker brings his unmistakable style to the afterlife in this mind-blowingly gnarly science fiction surfer novel. A quantum experiment by disaffected bioengineer-turned-mailman Jim Oster has gone wrong, accidentally rupturing the membrane between our world and an afterworld called Flimsy—creating a two-way tunnel that kills his pregnant wife. Jim thinks life couldn’t get worse. Until, that is, he realizes that he’s now facing an invasion of the Flims—subdimensional creatures who resemble blue baboons and flying beets—and that he may be the only one who can do anything about it. Aided by a posse of Santa Cruz surf-punks—one of whom keeps an Egyptian mummy in his basement, and may also be a serial killer—Jim plunges into a mad series of adventures in the afterworld—where he just might be able to find his wife and bring her back to life. . . . Night Shade Books’ ten-volume series with Rudy Rucker collects nine of the brilliantly weird novels for which the mathematician-turned-author is known, as well as a tenth, never-before-published book, Million Mile Road Trip. We’re proud to collect in one place so much of the work of this influential figure in the early cyberpunk scene, and to share Rucker’s fascinating, unique worldview with an entirely new generation of readers.

A 60s college student learns he’s a saucer alien in this hilariously intelligent tale of adolescent angst and romance from Rudy Rucker. Conrad Bunger is one of those wild guys you think won’t make it to legal drinking age. But, thanks to the strange powers he manifests in times of crisis—he can change his face, shrink to the size of a thumb, fly around the Eiffel tower, and hand out joints to everyone at the student assembly—not even the most ghastly mishaps interrupt his quest for visions, beer, and love. Gradually, Conrad awakens to his true identity as an energy being from outer space. As if he hadn’t suspected it all along. Now, as he faces his true nature, he learns his ordained purpose: to proceed incognito and to reach the ultimate prize—the Secret of Life. Problem is, he’s having too much fun to keep it together. Even with the government out to kill him . . . Night Shade Books’ ten-volume series with Rudy Rucker collects nine of the brilliantly weird novels for which the mathematician-turned-author is known, as well as a tenth, never-before-published book, Million Mile Road Trip. We’re proud to collect in one place so much of the work of this influential figure in the early cyberpunk scene, and to share Rucker’s fascinating, unique worldview with an entirely new generation of readers.

The birth of cyberpunk! A seaweed-smoking rebel becomes an incredible shrinking man. Under the bottom is the top--and the power to smash the Machine. After humanity becomes inextricably linked to the computers, a heroic couple makes a scale-ship journey beneath the smallest particles and through the largest cosmic structures, seeking a perfect world.

Abstieg ins Innere der Erde Im Jahre 1839 muss der fünfzehnjährige Mason Algiers Reynolds die Farm seiner Eltern in Virginia verlassen, weil man ihn für einen Mörder hält. Dabei war der Tod seines Doppelgängers nichts weiter als ein dummer Unfall! Er flüchtet sich nach Richmond zu seinem Helden, dem trinkfreudigen Edgar Allan Poe, der ihm eine Stelle als Druckerlehrling anbietet. Poe trägt sich mit einem verrückten Gedanken: Er will das Schreiben aufgeben und zum Südpol reisen, wo er durch einen Vulkan ins Innere der Erde absteigen will. Dort, so sagt er, befinde sich die gigantische Hohlwelt, in der die Menschen in Blumen wohnen, seltsame Tiere leben und Raum und Zeit sich einander rätselhaft durchdringen ....

What if Alan Turing, founder of the modern computer age, escaped assassination by the secret service to become the lover of Beat author William Burroughs? What if they mutated into giant shapeshifting slugs, fled the FBI, raised Burroughs''s wife from the dead, and tweaked the H-bombs of Los Alamos? A wild beatnik adventure, compulsively readable, hysterically funny, with insane warps and twists-and a bad attitude throughout.Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards.As his "own alternative to cyberpunk," Rucker developed a writing style he terms: Transrealism, as outlined in his 1983 essay "The Transrealist Manifesto," is science fiction based on the author''s own life and immediate perceptions, mixed with fantastic elements that symbolize psychological change. Many of Rucker''s novels and short stories apply these ideas.Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; 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. His novels also put forward a mystical philosophy that Rucker has summarized in an essay titled, with only a bit of irony, "The Central Teachings of Mysticism".

La quatrième dimension a depuis toujours, mais singulièrement depuis le début du siècle, excité les imaginations les plus blasées. Qu''a t-elle à voir avec le temps ? Recèle-t-elle la clé d''autres univers ? A la fois mathématicien et auteur de science-fiction, Rudy Rucker propose ici un voyage peu ordinaire au pays de la quatrième dimension. Une vulgarisation originale, riche d''anecdotes, d''illustrations savoureuses et de problèmes délectables - avec leurs solutions ! En digne successeur de Lewis Carroll, il passe des " fantômes de l''hyperespace " aux trous noirs, et des voyages dans le temps aux théories physiques à onze dimensions, liant toujours les mathématiques les plus profondes aux exemples les plus quotidiens.