Rudy Rucker (born
March 22,
1946) is an American
computer scientist and
science fiction author, often included in lists of
cyberpunk authors. He is best known for his novels
Software and
Wetware (both won
Philip K. Dick awards) as well as
The Hacker and the Ants.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he attended Swarthmore College as an undergraduate student (Bachelor's in mathematics) and Rutgers University as a graduate student (Master's and PhD in mathematics). He is now a Professor at San Jose State University.
Works:
- As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel (2002)
- Software Engineering and Computer Games (2002)
- Spaceland (2002)
- Realware (2000)
- Gnarl! (2000)
- Saucer Wisdom (1999)
- Seek! (1999)
- Freeware (1997)
- The Hacker and the Ants (1994)
- All the Visions (1991)
- Transreal! (1991)
- The Hollow Earth (1990)
- Wetware (1988)
- Mind Tools (1987)
- The Secret of Life (1985)
- Master of Space and Time (1984)
- The Fourth Dimension (1984)
- The Sex Sphere (1983)
- The Fifty-Seventh Franz Kafka (1983)
- Software (1982)
- Infinity and the Mind (1982)
- Spacetime Donuts (1981)
- White Light (1980)
- Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension (1977)
External links:
The Rudy Rucker Portal (http://www.rudyrucker.com)
Rudy Rucker's SJSU Home Page (http://www.mathcs.sjsu.edu/faculty/rucker)