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Podcast # 100: Conversation with Siobhan Roberts

May 12, 2017. In conversation with journalist Siobhan Roberts, discussing math, logic, writing, and publishing. Roberts is the author of a great book on the mathematician and cellular-automatist John Horton Conway, Genius at Play. She was out in the Bay Area researching for upcoming projects and came by for a casual chat. Press the arrow […]

Time Paradoxes. Hollow Earth Sequel. Gibson’s “The Peripheral.”

These days I’m starting—or thinking of starting—a sequel to my 1990 novel, The Hollow Earth. The sequel might be called, in classic style, Return to the Hollow Earth. For convenience, in my writing notes I refer to the volumes as HE1 and HE2. The set-up for HE1 was that I found the 1850 manuscript of […]

East Side of the Sierras. Death Valley.

Last week Sylvia and I went on a road trip, across the Sierras at Carson Pass, and then down along the east side of the Sierras through Lone Pine to Death Valley. It was alternately raining and snowing around Carson Pass. We stayed in a familiar place there called Sorensen’s. I had a great Zen […]

At the Boardwalk. Paintings Sale!

My son and his family came down for a day at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk a couple of weeks ago. The kids frolicking by the water like live Flatland beings, like gothic shadows, so iconic. I really ate a lot. Like the rat at the county fair in Charlotte’s Web. I got kind of hypnotized […]

CAs, Gibson’s Time Travel, Lovecraft, Gleick’s Chaos

I’ve been busy with various projects this month. As I mentioned before, I put a version of the code for my continuous-valued cellular automata (CA) program Capow on the ultrageek GitHub site. Here’s a really nice image I made with a CA based on a so-called “activator-inhibitor rule with saturation.” You can see the detailed […]

Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation

Feb 28, 2017. Interviewed by Christopher Nichols for his podcast, CG Garage. At Los Gatos Coffee Roasting cafe. Relaxed, hour-long discussion about writing, computers, and art. Press the arrow below to play “Podcast #99. Writing, Art, Photos, Computation.” And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

“Simply Gödel,” Phenomonology, and Monads

I recently read an advance copy of a great book by my friend Richard Tieszen. It’s called Simply Gödel. It’ll go on sale in mid-April, but you can pre-order now if you like. The book is a remarkable achievement—a handy guide with the impact of a philosophical tome. It’s all here: elegantly lucid discussions of […]

Still Seeking the Gnarl

I finished a new painting, “In the Lost City of Leng.” It goes with a novella of the same title that I’m working with my writer friend Paul di Filippo. It’s kind of a sequel to H. P. Lovecraft’s greatest tale, “At the Mountains of Madness.” “In the Lost City of Leng” acrylic on canvas, […]

Podcast #98. Lifebox Immortality Talk with Q&A at UC Santa Cruz

February 13, 2017. A talk on digital immortality, my novel Software, and the concept of a “lifebox.” Presented at Tim Fitzmaurice’s Core class at Crown College at UC Santa Cruz. Includes wide-ranging Q&A with the students also some remarks and quesitons by Tim. I read an as-yet unpublished story called “Fat Stream,” but I’m not […]

Podcast #97. “Like a Sea Cucumber” at St. Luke’s

November 9, 2016. A reading of my story “Like a Sea Cumber,” as part of a literary evening at St. Luke’s church in Los Gatos. The story appeared on the Terraform website. Press the arrow below to play the reading. And, if you like, Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.