Rudy Rucker quotes

Rudy Rucker is a renowned American author and mathematician, known for his captivating blend of science fiction and cyberpunk. With a career spanning several decades, Rucker has established himself as a leading voice in the genre. As a mathematician, he brings a unique perspective to his writing, incorporating mind-bending concepts and speculative ideas that mesmerize readers. From his award-winning "Ware Tetralogy" to his thought-provoking nonfiction works, Rucker's literary creations explore the boundaries of human consciousness and the implications of advanced technology. Discover Rudy Rucker's imaginative worlds and join the legion of fans immersed in his visionary storytelling. Visit his website today for the latest updates on his literary endeavors and to explore his captivating works.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

- Rudy Rucker

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

- Rudy Rucker

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

- Rudy Rucker

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

- Rudy Rucker

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

- Rudy Rucker

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end.

- Rudy Rucker

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.

- Rudy Rucker

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.

- Rudy Rucker

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

- Rudy Rucker

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

- Rudy Rucker

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

- Rudy Rucker

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.

- Rudy Rucker

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

- Rudy Rucker

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book.

- Rudy Rucker

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there won't be anything particularly wonderful about having the computation halt!

- Rudy Rucker

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.

- Rudy Rucker

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

- Rudy Rucker

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

- Rudy Rucker

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.

- Rudy Rucker

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

- Rudy Rucker

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.

- Rudy Rucker

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

- Rudy Rucker

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

- Rudy Rucker

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

- Rudy Rucker