Rudy Rucker

b. 1946

1 series 4 books in order

Rudolf "Rudy" von Bitter Rucker is a writer and mathematician who worked for twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer science professor and published several software packages. He is recognized as a contemporary master of science fiction and received the Philip K. Dick Award twice. Rucker has published forty books, including novels, collections, and non-fiction works on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation. He is a founder of the cyberpunk school of science fiction and also writes in a realistic style known as transrealism. His 2006 novel Mathematicians in Love is an example of a transreal novel. His early cyberpunk four-book series was republished in 2010 as The Ware Tetralogy. His 2007 novel Postsingular and the 2009 sequel Hylozoic returned to the cyberpunk style. Rucker's autobiography, Nested Scrolls, was published in 2011. His recent novels include Turing & Burroughs, Return to the Hollow Earth, and Million Mile Road Trip.

Born: 1946
Known for: Ware Tetralogy

Series by Rudy Rucker

Ware Tetralogy

4 books in order · 1982–2000

Software

1982 · Rudy Rucker

Software is a 1982 cyberpunk science fiction novel written by Rudy Rucker. It won the first Philip K. Dick Award in 1983 and is the first book in…
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Wetware

1988 · Rudy Rucker

Wetware is a 1988 science fiction novel by Rudy Rucker. It is the second book in his Ware Tetralogy, following Software from 1982 and preceding…
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Freeware

1997 · Rudy Rucker

Freeware - La nuova carne is a 1997 science fiction novel by Rudy Rucker. It is a sequel to Wetware - Gli uomini robot and the third book in the ware…
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Realware

2000 · Rudy Rucker

In 2054, Phil Gottner lives a complicated life. He is in a relationship with a girlfriend who uses drugs. His father has vanished, leaving unanswered…
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