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    Ebook337 pages6 hoursPostsingular

    Postsingular

    By Rudy Rucker

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    It all begins next year in California. A maladjusted computer industry billionaire and a somewhat crazy US President initiate a radical transformation of the world through sentient nanotechnology; sort of the equivalent of biological artificial intelligence. At first they succeed, but their plans are reversed by Chu, an autistic boy. The next time it isn't so easy to stop them.

    Most of the story takes place in a world after a heretofore unimaginable transformation, where all the things look the same but all the people are different (they're able to read each others' minds, for starters). Travel to and from other nearby worlds in the quantum universe is possible, so now our world is visited by giant humanoids from another quantum universe, and some of them mean to tidy up the mess we've made. Or maybe just run things.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 3, 2009
    ISBN9781466804876
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    Rudy Rucker

    Rudy Rucker is a writer and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer science professor. He is regarded as contemporary master of science-fiction, and received the Philip K. Dick award twice. His thirty published books include both novels and non-fiction books. A founder of the cyberpunk school of science-fiction, Rucker also writes SF in a realistic style known as transrealism. His books include Postsingular and Spaceland.

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    • 5/5

      Apr 6, 2013

      Rudy Rucker again takes us on a wild ride while exploring some important concepts like the fundamental nature of the universe and the difference between virtual reality and physical reality. This is a great read, lots of fun, and at heart a thought experiment.
    • 5/5

      Feb 10, 2011

      Foly huck! Lively characters, snappy prose, and baked fresh this morning science. In short, my kinda book. Rucker has built an optimistic, exciting nanotech infused world for this story. Through carefully chosen words and well constructed and well paced prose, the world is almost self-explanatory. No need for a Phd to enjoy this book - just jump right in.
    • 4/5

      Sep 9, 2010

      See review for Hacker and the Ants. I love Rudy's writing and storytelling style - it's clunky, but it grows on you. At least it did me. :)
    • 5/5

      Sep 14, 2009

      I needed a break from YA and picked up this book because I'm a fan of some of Rucker's other books. This book fit right in with his others, and I completely loved it -- it's probably favorite. It comes cyberpunk with sort of a nostalgia for being unconnected and messes it seamlessly into the urge to be connected on every level possible. While many SF novels attempt to explore how awesome VR would be, Postsingular takes a completely different tact. Rucker creates a world that was temporarily thrown in VR all at once and then describes how this changed (for better or for worse) that world. It's a great, fun and fast read. I loved it.
    • 4/5

      Aug 17, 2009

      I really enjoyed this book.Lately I've been on a bit of a binge for books exploring technological singularity, so I really found myself engrossed in many of the ideas here. The writing style and presentation of ideas reminded me heavily of Douglas Adams' classic Hitchhiker series. While I normally prefer the "Hard Sci-Fi", I think the outlandishness of the ideas and concepts put forth here really fit in with the "post-singular" motif - we really can't conceive of life after a singularity, so it will neccessarily seem "wacky" to us now.Can't wait to get my hands on the follow up, Hylozoic.
    • 3/5

      Jul 5, 2009

      Very inventive and lots of interesting themes and ideas. I didn't latch onto his style of writing though, and I didn't really bond with his characters very much, they didn't really have the kind of depth that I am a sucker for. A good fast read, but not my favorite science fiction book of it's type. Some of the concepts will stick with me though, I am sure.
    • 4/5

      Apr 14, 2009

      Rudy has a pretty funny take on what we’re in for when the Internet hooks up with self-replicating nanotechnology. Welcome to the Singularity. Highly recommended.