Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf Von Bitter Rucker - Brossura

Rucker, Rudy

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ISBN 10: 0765327538 ISBN 13: 9780765327536

Casa editrice: Tor Books, 2012

Riassunto

Nested Scrolls reveals the true-life adventures of Rudolf von Bitter "Rudy" Rucker—mathematician, transrealist author, punk rocker, and computer hacker. It begins with a young boy growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a businessman father who becomes a clergyman, and a mother descended from the philosopher Hegel. His career goals? To explore infinity, popularize the fourth dimension, seek the gnarl, become a beatnik writer, and father a family.

All the while Rudy is reading science fiction and beat poetry, and beginning to write some pretty strange fiction of his own—a blend of Philip K. Dick and hard SF that qualifies him as part of the original circle of writers in the early 1980s that includes Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, John Shirley, and Lewis Shiner, who were the founders of cyberpunk.

At one level, Rucker's genial and unfettered memoir brings us a firsthand account of how he and his contemporaries ushered in our postmodern world. At another, this is the wry and moving tale of a man making his way from one turbulent century to the next.

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Informazioni sull?autore

RUDY RUCKER lives in Los Gatos, California. He has written a number of novels and popular science books, including The Fourth Dimension. He is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science at San Jose State University. His SF novels have twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best paperback original SF book.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0765327538
• ISBN 13: 9780765327536
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 327
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile