Better Worlds - Brossura

Rucker, Rudy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 098582722X ISBN 13: 9780985827229

Casa editrice: Transreal Books, 2012

Riassunto

A hundred and fifty-six fantastical pop surrealist paintings by science fiction master Rudy Rucker. Includes his commentaries on the individual works. Rucker took up painting in 1999, when he was writing a novel about the Flemish old master, Peter Bruegel. Many of the paintings have connections to Rudy's science-fiction novels. This is the May, 2018, edition of BETTER WORLDS, and it replaces all earlier editions.

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L'autore:

Rudy Rucker is a well-known science-fiction writer who enjoys painting pop surreal scenes that are often related to incidents in his books. His favorite artists include Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, Rene Magritte, Wayne Thiebaud, R. Crumb and Carl Barks. Born in Kentucky in 1946, he studied mathematics, earning a Ph. D. in the theory of infinite sets. He worked first as mathematics professor, then as a computer science professor, coming to rest in Silicon Valley. He his now retired. Rucker has published nearly 40 books, mostly SF novels. A founder of the cyberpunk school of science-fiction, he also writes SF in a realistic style known as transrealism. Among his novels that have inspired paintings are Saucer Wisdom, Spaceland, The Hacker and Ants, The Hollow Earth, Frek and the Elixir, Mathematicians in Love, Jim and the Flims, Turing & Burroughs, The Big Aha, and Million Mile Road Trip. As well as writing and painting, Rucker spends time working on his photo-illustrated blog at www.rudyrucker.com/blog.

Product Description:

One hundred and twenty fantastical paintings by science fiction master Rudy Rucker, including his commentaries on them. Rudy took up painting in 1999, when he was writing a novel about the Flemish old master, Peter Bruegel. The paintings are colorful and surreal, many with connections to Rudy's science-fiction novels, including THE BIG AHA. This is the May, 2015, large-format edition of BETTER WORLDS, and it replaces the earlier editions.

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• Editore: Transreal Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 098582722X
• ISBN 13: 9780985827229
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 354