Rudy Rucker Explained

Rudy Rucker
Birth Name:Rudolf von Bitter Rucker
Birth Date:22 March 1946
Birth Place:Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality:American
Known For:Ware Tetralogy
Education:St. Xavier High School
Swarthmore College (BA)
Rutgers University (MS, PhD)
Occupation:Author
Relatives:G. W. F. Hegel (four generations removed)
Website:Rudy Rucker

Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician,[1] computer scientist, science fiction author,[2] and 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. He edited the science fiction webzine Flurb until its closure in 2014.

Early life

Rucker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, son of Embry Cobb Rucker Sr (October 1, 1914 - August 1, 1994), who ran a small furniture-manufacture company and later became an Episcopal priest and community activist, and Marianne (née von Bitter).[3] The Rucker family were of Huguenot descent.[4] Through his mother, he is a great-great-great-grandson of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.[5] [6] [7]

Rucker attended St. Xavier High School before earning a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College (1967) and MS (1969) and PhD (1973) degrees in mathematics from Rutgers University.[8]

Career

Rucker taught mathematics at the State University of New York at Geneseo from 1972 to 1978. Although he was liked by his students and "published a book [''Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension''] and several papers," several colleagues took umbrage at his long hair and convivial relationships with English and philosophy professors amid looming budget shortfalls; as a result, he failed to attain tenure in the "dysfunctional" department.[9]

Thanks to a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Rucker taught at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 1980. He then taught at Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1980 to 1982, before trying his hand as a full-time author for four years.

Inspired by an interview with Stephen Wolfram,[10] Rucker became a computer science professor at San José State University in 1986, from which he retired as professor emeritus in 2004.[11] [12]

From 1988 to 1992 he was hired by John Walker of Autodesk as a programmer of cellular automata, which inspired his book The Hacker and the Ants.

A mathematician with philosophical interests, he has written The Fourth Dimension and Infinity and the Mind. Princeton University Press published new editions of Infinity and the Mind in 1995 and in 2005, both with new prefaces; the first edition is cited with fair frequency in academic literature.

As his "own alternative to cyberpunk," Rucker developed a writing style he terms transrealism. 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. One example of Rucker's transreal works is Saucer Wisdom, a novel in which the main character is abducted by aliens. Rucker and his publisher marketed the book, tongue in cheek, as non-fiction.

His earliest transreal novel, White Light, was written during his time at Heidelberg. This transreal novel is based on his experiences at SUNY Geneseo.

Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; White Light[13] 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). 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" (included in Seek!, 1999).[14]

His non-fiction book, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning Of Life, and How To Be Happy summarizes the various philosophies he's believed over the years and ends with the tentative conclusion that we might profitably view the world as made of computations, with the final remark, "perhaps this universe is perfect."[15]

Personal life

Rucker was the roommate of Kenneth Turan during his freshman year at Swarthmore College.[16] In 1967, Rucker married Sylvia Bogsch Rucker (1943–2023).[17] [18] Together they have three children.[19] On July 1, 2008, Rucker suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Thinking he might not be around much longer, this prompted him to write Nested Scrolls, his autobiography.[20]

Rucker resided in Highland Park, New Jersey during his graduate studies at Rutgers University.[21]

Trivia

Rucker is a direct descendant of the philosopher Georg Hegel.

Bibliography

Novels

The Ware Tetralogy[22]

Transreal Trilogy[23]

Transreal novels[24]

Other novels

Short fiction

Collections

Stories (by date of composition)

Writtenwidth=25%TitlePublishedFirst publishedNotes
1976 (Spring)Jumpin' Jack Flash1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[29]
1977Enlightenment Rabies1987-11New Pathways, November 1987[30]
1979 (Spring)Schrödinger's Cat1981-03-30Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 30, 1981[31]
1979 (Summer)Sufferin' Succotash1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[32]
1979 (Fall)A New Golden Age1981 (Summer)The Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Bulletin, Summer 1981[33]
1979 (Fall)Faraway Eyes1980-09Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1980[34]
1980 (Spring)The 57th Franz Kafka1982The Little Magazine, 1982[35]
1980 (Spring)The Indian Rope Trick Explained1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[36]
1980 (Spring)A New Experiment With Time1982 (Spring)Sphinx, Spring 1982[37]
1980 (Spring)The Man Who Ate Himself1982-12The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1982[38]
1980 (Summer)Tales of Houdini1981-09Elsewhere, Ace Books, September 1981[39]
1980 (Fall)The Facts of Life1983-12The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[40]
1981 (Spring)Buzz1981-12New Blood, December 1981[41]
1981 (Spring)The Last Einstein-Rosen Bridge1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[42]
1981 (Summer)Pac-Man1982-06Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1982[43] Originally published as "Peg-Man".
1981 (Fall)Pi in the Sky1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[44]
1981 (Summer)Wishloop1988-12San Jose State University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Newsletter, December 1988
1982 (Spring)Inertia1983-01The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1983[45]
1982 (Spring)Bringing in the Sheaves1987-01Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1987[46] Slightly altered third chapter of Twinks (an unfinished science fiction novel that the author describes as "a punk post-WWIII book with radiation mutants").[47]
1982 (Spring)The Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics1982-07New Blood, July 1982[48]
1982 (Summer)Message Found in a Copy of Flatland1983-01The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace Books, January 1983[49]
1982-11Plastic Letters1987Live From the Stagger Café, Summer 1987[50]
1983Monument to the Third International1984-12The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1984[51]
1984 (Fall)Rapture in Space1989Semiotext[e] SF, Autonomedia, 1989[52]
1985Storming the Cosmos1985-12Asimov's Science Fiction, Mid-December 1985[53] Written with Bruce Sterling.
1985In Frozen Time1986-08Afterlives, Vintage Books, August 1986[54]
1985Soft Death1986-09The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1986[55]
1986 (Summer)Inside Out1987Synergy, Volume 1, HBJ Books, 1987[56]
1986-1987Instability1988-09The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1988[57] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
1987 (Spring)The Man Who Was a Cosmic String1987-11The Universe, November 1987[58]
1987Probability Pipeline1988Synergy, Volume 2, HBJ Books, 1988[59] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
1987As Above, So Below1989-11The Microverse, Bantam Books, November 1989[60]
1988Chaos Surfari1989-03Interzone, March/April 1989[61] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
1992Big Jelly1994-11Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994[62] Written with Bruce Sterling.
1993Easy As Pie1993-11Christmas Forever, Tor Books, November 1993[63]
1995The Andy Warhol Sandcandle2000-04Gnarl!, Four Walls Eight Windows, April 2000[64] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
1996-01Cobb Wakes Up2006-03Other, March 2006[65]
1999The Square Root of Pythagoras1999-11Science Fiction Age, November 1999[66] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
2000-07-18Pockets2001-12Redshift, Roc Books, December 2001[67] Written with John Shirley.
2000-08-25 - 2001-03-05A Dream of Flatland2002-02-18Infinite Matrix, February 18, 2002[68] [69] Fifth chapter of Spaceland.
2001-12-29Junk DNA2003-01Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2003[70] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2002-01-22The Use of the Ellipse the Catalog the Meter & the Vibrating Plane2002Horror Garage, 2002[71]
2002-06-15Jenna and Me2003-02-11Infinite Matrix, February 11, 2003[72] Written with Rudy Rucker Jr.
2003 (Fall)Six Thought Experiments Concerning the Nature of Computation2005-10The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, Thunder's Mouth Press, October 2005[73] The story appears divided in 6 parts, each being a short-short story to introduce each of the six chapters in The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul.
2004-04-09Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch2005-10Interzone, October 2005[74]
2004-06-13MS Found in a Minidrive2006-05Poe's Lighthouse, Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2006[75]
2004-05-06The Men in the Back Room at the Country Club2005-12-30Infinite Matrix, December 30, 2005[76]
2005-09-19Chu and the Nants2006-06Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2006[77] Second chapter of Postsingular.
2005-12-06Panpsychism Proved2006-01-26Nature, January 26, 2006[78] [79]
2005-12-06Postsingular2006-09Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2006[80] Third and fourth chapters of Postsingular.
2006-03-25Elves of the Subdimensions2006-08-29Flurb, Fall 2006[81] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
2006-05-012+2=52006-08Interzone, August 2006[82] Written with Terry Bisson.
2006-05-22Visions of the Metanovel2007Mad Professor, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007[83]
2006 (Fall)The Imitation Game2008-04Interzone, April 2008[84] First chapter of Turing and Burroughs.
2006-12The Third Bomb2006-12-19Flurb, Winter 2006[85]
2007-03Hormiga Canyon2007-08Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2007[86] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2007-05-25Postsingular Outtakes2007-04-23Flurb, Spring–Summer 2007[87] Outtakes drawn from the author's working notes for Postsingular.[88]
2007-05The Perfect Wave2008-01Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2008[89] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
2007-09-11Hieronymus Bosch's Apprentice2007-09-19Flurb, Fall–Winter 2007[90] Fifth chapter of Hylozoic.
2008-03Tangier Routines2008-03-31Flurb, Spring–Summer 2008[91]
2008-05Message Found In A Gravity Wave2008-08Nature Physics, August 2008[92] [93]
2008-07Qlone2008-09-16Flurb, Fall–Winter 2008[94]
2008-10Colliding Branes2009-02Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2009[95] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2008-12Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory2008-10-09Tor.com, October 9, 2009[96]
2009-01All Hangy2009-03-03Flurb, Spring–Summer 2009[97] Written with John Shirley.
2009-03To See Infinity Bare2011-03Postscripts, March 2011[98] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
2009-08Bad Ideas2009-09-08Flurb, Fall–Winter 2009[99]
2009-11-03Val and Me2010-03-08Flurb, Spring–Summer 2010[100] First, second and third chapter of Jim and the Flims.
2010-06Good Night, Moon2010-10-13Tor.com, October 13, 2010[101] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2010-07The Fnoor Hen2011-04Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2011[102]
2010-08-10The Skug2010-08-31Flurb, Fall–Winter 2010[103] Second chapter of Turing & Burroughs.
2010-09Fjaerland2011-09-06Flurb, Fall–Winter 2011[104] Written with Paul DiFilippo.
2010-09Hive Mind Man2012-02Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2012[105] Written with Eileen Gunn.
2011-01-01Dispatches from Interzone2011-03-22Flurb, Spring–Summer 2011[106] Eighth chapter of Turing & Burroughs.
2011-03My Office Mate2011-07Communications of the ACM, July 2011[107]
2011-12Loco2012-06-20Tor.com, June 20, 2012[108] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2012-02-15Jane and the Roadspider2012-03-23Flurb, Spring 2012[109] Second chapter of The Big Aha.
2012-07I Arise Again2013-01Communications of the ACM, January 2013[110] Originally published as "Share My Enlightenment" and it slightly differs from the version that appears in the Complete Stories under the title "I Arise Again".
2012-10Yubba Vines2013-07Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2013[111] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
2012-10Quantum Telepathy2014-09Hieroglyph, William Morrow, September 2014[112] First and third chapters of The Big Aha.
2013-03Apricot Lane2013-05An Aura of Familiarity, Institute for the Future, May 2013[113] [114]
2014-01Where the Lost Things Are2014-11-05Tor.com, November 5, 2014[115] Written with Terry Bisson.
2014-02Laser Shades2014-11The Superlative Light, Daylight Books, November 2014
2014-05Attack of the Giant Ants2014-12-09Terraform, December 2014[116]
2014-06 – 2014-12Totem Poles2016-08-10Tor.com, August 10, 2016[117] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2014-08Watergirl2015-01Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2015[118] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
2014-12The Knobby Giraffe2016-04Lightspeed, April 2016[119]
2015-03 – 2015-08Kraken and Sage2016-02Transreal Cyberpunk, Transreal Books, February 2016[120] Written with Bruce Sterling.
2015-06Like a Sea Cucumber2015-06-30Terraform, June 2015[121]
2016-07Emojis2018-03Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2018[122]
2016-08 – 2016-12@lantis2017-07Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2017[123] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
2016-12Fat Stream2017-08-21Mondo2000.com, August 21, 2017[124]
2017-04In The Lost City of Leng2018-01Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2018[125] Written with Paul Di Filippo.
According to the Rudy Rucker's notes from February 15, 2017, the working title was "The Plateau of Leng".[126]
2018-11 – 2019-01Surfers at the End of Time2019-11Asimov's Science Fiction, November/December 2019[127] Written with Marc Laidlaw.
2019-01 – 2019-06Juicy Ghost2019-06-24Rudy's Blog, June 24, 2019[128] Third chapter of Juicy Ghosts.
Reprinted in Big Echo, October 2019.[129]
Rewritten in September 2020 and published in the author's blog.[130]
The Mean Carrot2020-03Big Echo, March 2020[131] First chapter of Juicy Ghosts.
2019-08 – 2020-09Everything Is Everything2020-10Big Echo, October 2020[132]
Mary Mary2021-03Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2021[133] Fourth chapter of Juicy Ghosts.
According to the author's blog post, an early title was "Mary Falls".[134]
2019-11 – 2020-06Fibonacci's Humors2021-07Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2021[135] Written with Bruce Sterling.
Petroglyph Man2015-07Rucker, Rudy . July 2015 . Petroglyph Man . Asimov's Science Fiction . 39 . 7 . 60–68.

Non-fiction

As editor

Critical studies and reviews of Rucker's work

The big aha
Turing and Burroughs

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New York Times. May 4, 1997. Science Fiction. Gerald. Jonas.
  2. Web site: The New York Times. Interstellar Serial Killer. Gerald. Jonas. September 12, 2004.
  3. News: OBITUARIES - The Washington Post. The Washington Post.
  4. http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/autobiography2004.pdf
  5. The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from "The Science Fiction Radio Show" vol. 1, Daryl Lane et al, Oryx Press, 1985, p. 169
  6. Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions, Christopher G. White, Harvard University Press, 2018, p. 290
  7. Web site: rudyrucker.com. Family tree of Rucker's mother's brother, Rudolf von Bitter.
  8. Web site: Rudy Rucker. NNDB.
  9. Book: Rucker, Rudy. Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf Von Bitter Rucker. December 11, 2012. Macmillan. Google Books. 9780765327536.
  10. Web site: Rudy Rucker interviews Stephen Wolfram. April 8, 2009.
  11. Everything Is Alive. Rudy. Rucker. January 20, 2008. 10.1.1.92.2841.
  12. Web site: Rudy Rucker. Locus.
  13. Web site: The New York Times. Across the Universe: Planetary Politics. Dave. Itzkoff. December 16, 2007.
  14. Web site: The Central Teachings of Mysticism. October 6, 2012.
  15. Book: Rucker . Rudy . The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul . 2005 . Thunder's Mouth Press . New York, NY . 978-1-56025-898-8 . 468.
  16. Book: Rucker, Rudy . December 11, 2012 . Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker . New York, NY . 978-0765327536 .
  17. Book: Rucker, Rudy . December 11, 2012 . Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker . New York, NY . 105 . 978-0765327536 .
  18. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/losgatan/name/sylvia-rucker-obituary?id=38679111 Sylvia Rucker obituary
  19. Web site: Photos for Rudy Rucker, JOURNALS 1990-2014 . Rucker . Rudy . 2015 . Rudy Rucker . June 14, 2015.
  20. Book: Rucker, Rudy . December 11, 2012 . Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker . New York, NY . 3 . 978-0765327536 .
  21. Rucker, Rudy van Bitter. All the visions, p. 102. Ocean View Books, 1991. . Accessed February 28, 2018. "Audrey and I were newlyweds there in Highland Park, and we used to watch The Newlywed Game on TV every week."
  22. Web site: Wares. Rudyrucker.com.
  23. Web site: Transreal Trilogy. June 22, 2021.
  24. Web site: Rucker, Rudy. Timeline for My Transreal Novels. Rudy's Blog . September 2013 . June 22, 2021.
  25. Jim and the Flims
  26. http://www.rudyrucker.com/hylozoic/ Hylozoic
  27. Turing and Burroughs
  28. Complete Stories
  29. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 33 . 0-441-23516-6.
  30. Rucker, Rudy . New Pathways . Enlightenment Rabies . 9 . November 1987 . 13.
  31. Rucker, Rudy . Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact . Schrödinger's Cat . 101 . 4 . March 30, 1981 . 70.
  32. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 53 . 0-441-23516-6.
  33. Rucker, Rudy . The Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Bulletin . A New Golden Age . 1981.
  34. Rucker, Rudy . Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact . Faraway Eyes . 100 . 9 . September 1980 . 110.
  35. Rucker, Rudy . The Little Magazine . The 57th Franz Kafka . 13 . 3 & 4 . 1982.
  36. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 88 . 0-441-23516-6.
  37. Rucker, Rudy . Sphinx . A New Experiment With Time . 16 . 1982.
  38. Rucker, Rudy . The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . The Man Who Ate Himself . 63 . 6 . December 1982 . 35–45.
  39. Book: Windling . Terri . Arnold . Mark Alan . September 1981 . Elsewhere . Ace Books . 247–253 . 0-441-20403-1.
  40. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 122 . 0-441-23516-6.
  41. Rucker, Rudy . New Blood . Buzz . December 1981.
  42. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 156 . 0-441-23516-6.
  43. Rucker, Rudy . Asimov's Science Fiction . Peg-Man . 6 . 6 . June 1982 . 84–93.
  44. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 174 . 0-441-23516-6.
  45. Rucker, Rudy . The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . Inertia . 64 . 1 . January 1983 . 66.
  46. Rucker, Rudy . Asimov's Science Fiction . Bringing in the Sheaves . 11 . 1 . January 1987 . 103–109.
  47. Book: Rucker, Rudy . April 2000 . Gnarl! . Four Walls Eight Windows . 556 . 1-56858-159-9.
  48. Rucker, Rudy . New Blood . The Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics . July 1982.
  49. Book: Rucker, Rudy . January 1983 . The 57th Franz Kafka . Ace Books . 224 . 0-441-23516-6.
  50. Rucker, Rudy . Live from the Stagger Café . Plastic Letters . 5 . 1987.
  51. Rucker, Rudy . The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . Monument to the Third International . 67 . 6 . December 1984 . 8.
  52. Book: Rucker . Rudy . Wilson . Peter Lamborn . Wilson . Robert Anton . Semiotext[e] SF . Autonomedia . 1989 . 91 . 0-936756-43-8.
  53. Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Asimov's Science Fiction . Storming the Cosmos . 9 . 13 . December 1985 . 144–182.
  54. Book: Sargent . Pamela . Watson . Ian . Afterlives . Vintage Books . August 1986 . 335–344 . 0-394-72986-2.
  55. Rucker, Rudy . The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . Soft Death . 71 . 3 . September 1986 . 42.
  56. Book: Zebrowski . George . Synergy, Volume 1 . HBJ Books . 1987 . 183 . 0-15-687700-7.
  57. Rucker, Rudy . The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . Instability . 75 . 3 . September 1988 . 14.
  58. Book: Preiss . Byron . Fraknoi . Andrew . The Universe . Bantam Books . November 1987 . 241–246 . 0-553-05227-6.
  59. Book: Zebrowski . George . Synergy, Volume 2 . HBJ Books . 1988 . 107–130 . 0-15-687701-5.
  60. Book: Preiss . Byron . Alschuler . William R. . The Microverse . Bantam Books . November 1989 . 334–346 . 0-553-05705-7.
  61. Rucker, Rudy . Laidlaw, Marc . Interzone . Chaos Surfari . 28 . March–April 1989 . 48–57.
  62. Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Asimov's Science Fiction . Big Jelly . 18 . 12 & 13 . November 1994 . 10–53.
  63. Book: Hartwell . David G. . November 1993 . Christmas Forever . Tor Books . 241–250 . 0-312-85576-1.
  64. Book: Rucker, Rudy . April 2000 . Gnarl! . Four Walls Eight Windows . 492–523 . 1-56858-159-9.
  65. Rucker, Rudy . Other . Cobb Wakes Up . March 2006.
  66. Rucker, Rudy . Di Filippo, Paul . Science Fiction Age . The Square Root of Pythagoras . 8 . 1 . November 1999 . 52–59.
  67. Book: Sarrantonio . Al . December 2001 . Redshift . Roc Books . 357–359 . 0-451-45859-1.
  68. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . The Infinite Matrix . A Dream of Flatland (Part 1) . February 18, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020126194113/http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/excerpts/spaceland1.html . August 28, 2021. January 26, 2002 .
  69. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . The Infinite Matrix . A Dream of Flatland (Part 2) . February 18, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020220042004/http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/excerpts/spaceland2.html . August 28, 2021. February 20, 2002 .
  70. Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Asimov's Science Fiction . Junk DNA . 27 . 1 . January 2003 . 16.
  71. Rucker, Rudy . Horror Garage . The Use of the Ellipse the Catalog the Meter & the Vibrating Plane . 5 . 2002 . 24.
  72. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . Rucker Jr., Rudy . Jenna and Me . The Infinite Matrix . February 11, 2003 . July 22, 2021.
  73. Book: Rucker, Rudy . October 2005 . The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul . Thunder's Mouth Press . 1–3, 77–79, 145–149, 213–216, 311–313, 383–386 . 1-56025-722-9.
  74. Rucker, Rudy . Interzone . Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch . 200 . October 2005 . 26.
  75. Book: Conlon . Christopher . May 2006 . Poe's Lighthouse . Cemetery Dance Publications . 277 . 1-58767-128-X.
  76. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . The Men in the Back Room at the Country Club . The Infinite Matrix . December 30, 2005 . July 20, 2021.
  77. Rucker, Rudy . Asimov's Science Fiction . Chu and the Nants . 30 . 6 . June 2006 . 90–99.
  78. Rucker, Rudy . Panpsychism Proved . Nature . 439 . 7075 . January 26, 2006 . 508 . 10.1038/439508a . 2006Natur.439..508R . 33335830 . free .
  79. Rucker, Rudy . Nature . Panpsychism Proved . 439 . 7075 . January 26, 2006 . 508. 10.1038/439508a . 2006Natur.439..508R . 33335830 . free .
  80. Rucker, Rudy . Asimov's Science Fiction . Postsingular . 30 . 9 . September 2006 . 106–131.
  81. Rucker, Rudy . Di Filippo, Paul . Flurb . Elves of the Subdimensions . 1 . March 25, 2006 . July 19, 2021.
  82. Rucker, Rudy . Bisson, Terry . Interzone . 2+2=5 . 205 . August 2006 . 28.
  83. Book: Rucker, Rudy . 2007 . Mad Professor . Thunder's Mouth Press . 275–284 . 978-1-56025-974-9.
  84. Rucker, Rudy . Interzone . The Imitation Game . 215 . April 2008 . 48.
  85. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . The Third Bomb . 2 . December 19, 2006 . July 18, 2021.
  86. Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Asimov's Science Fiction . Hormiga Canyon . 31 . 8 . August 2007 . 16–43.
  87. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Postsingular Outtakes . 3 . April 23, 2007 . August 28, 2021.
  88. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . Postsingular Writing Notes . May 25, 2007.
  89. Rucker, Rudy . Laidlaw, Marc . Asimov's Science Fiction . The Perfect Wave . 32 . 1 . January 2008 . 18–35.
  90. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Hieronymus Bosch's Apprentice . 4 . September 19, 2007 . August 26, 2021.
  91. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Tangier Routines . 5 . August 31, 2008 . July 17, 2021.
  92. Rucker, Rudy . Nature Physics . Message Found In A Gravity Wave . 4 . 8 . August 2008 . 664 . 10.1038/nphys1049 . 2008NatPh...4..664R . free .
  93. Rucker, Rudy . Nature Physics . Message Found In A Gravity Wave . 4 . 8 . August 2008 . 664. 10.1038/nphys1049 . 2008NatPh...4..664R . free .
  94. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Qlone . 6 . September 16, 2008 . July 17, 2021.
  95. Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Asimov's Science Fiction . Colliding Branes . 33 . 2 . February 2009 . 10–22.
  96. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory . Tor.com . October 9, 2009 . July 17, 2021.
  97. Rucker, Rudy . Shirley, John . Flurb . All Hangy . 7 . March 3, 2009 . July 17, 2021.
  98. Rucker, Rudy . Di Filippo, Paul . Postscripts . To See Infinity Bare . 24/25 . March 2011 . 29.
  99. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Bad Ideas . 8 . September 8, 2009 . July 16, 2021.
  100. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . Val and Me . 9 . March 8, 2010 . August 26, 2021.
  101. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . Sterling, Bruce . Good Night, Moon . Tor.com . October 13, 2010 . July 14, 2021.
  102. Rucker, Rudy . Asimov's Science Fiction . The Fnoor Hen . 35 . 4 & 5 . April–May 2011 . 94–103.
  103. Rucker, Rudy . Flurb . The Skug . 10 . August 31, 2010 . August 26, 2021.
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  132. Rucker, Rudy . Big Echo . Everything Is Everything . 17 . October 2020 . June 25, 2021.
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  134. Web site: Rucker, Rudy . New Story. Where Does Your Lifebox Live? . Rudy's Blog . February 14, 2020 . July 27, 2021.
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