Rudy Rucker

Rudy Rucker
Rucker in 2004
Born
Rudolf von Bitter Rucker

(1946-03-22) March 22, 1946 (age 78)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSt. Xavier High School
Swarthmore College (BA)
Rutgers University (MS, PhD)
OccupationAuthor
Known forWare Tetralogy
Spouse
Sylvia Rucker
(m. 1967; died 2023)
RelativesG. W. F. Hegel (four generations removed)
WebsiteRudy Rucker

Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (/ˈrʌkər/; 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.

  1. ^ Jonas, Gerald (May 4, 1997). "Science Fiction". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Jonas, Gerald (September 12, 2004). "Interstellar Serial Killer". The New York Times.

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