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A Ripple in the Cosmic Sea

Here’s my latest painting, Vlad and Monika. This was technically difficult for me—trying to make those circles look like translucent colored bubbles. This is meant to be a kind of spacy and intimidating alien world, a part of my novel in progress Million Mile Road Trip. “Vlad and Monika” oil on canvas, Oct, 2015, 30” […]

“Surf World”

This is a partial draft of a chapter named “Surf World,” from my novel in progress, Million Mile Road Trip, which will appear in late 2016 or in 2017. It’s in some ways inspired by the surfin’ SF stories I’ve written with Marc Laidlaw. See, for instance, our recent “Water Girl.” Mount Shasta seen on […]

Saucerpeople and Smeely Waves

I’m working a lot on my novel Million Mile Road Trip these days. It’s about half done, and I started last January, eight months ago, so I might finish it June, 2016. I did revisions for most of August, making the plot much clearer and more focused. And now I have an elevator pitch. Three […]

John Conway and the Absolute Continuum

I just read this wonderful biography of the mathematician and recreational-math maven par excellence, John Horton Conway, best known (to his mild annoyance) as the inventor of the cellular automaton rule known as the Game of Life. The book, Genius at Play , is by Siobhan Roberts. Some great quotes. John Conway’s daughter: “There goes […]

Podcast #87. Interviewed by Doug Lain

August 11, 2015. Interviewed by author Doug Lain for his podcast Zero Squared. We mostly talked about what it’s like to have a career as a writer, with some mentions of my recent Journals 1990-2014. An edited version of the interview appeared as part of an episode on Lain’s podcast Zero Squared, with better sound […]

New York #2. WTC, Seaport, Eddie, Midtown. Plus Backlog.

Here’s a few more photos from Manhattan, followed by some pictures from my backlog. One of the best deals in the city is the East River Ferry, which runs from 34th St. to Wall St. stopping in four or fives Brooklyn docks on the way. Takes about half an hour, great views and fresh air, […]

Outer Banks & New York #1.

My wife and I went to reunion with all our children and grandchildren at a rented house in Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a week, and then we we two went alone to New York city for a week. So I’ll be posting some photos of all that. [Tail of a […]

Shooting Photos a Lot

Waking up early on a summer day. Perched atop a tree, chirp. What to do today? Fourth of July we saw a wind instrument concert in Oak Meadow Park in Los Gatos. I love to look at kettle drums, and to hear them. And my fellow Los Gatos citizens here amid our signals and wires. […]

The Grateful Dead in Levi’s Stadium

I went to see the Grateful Dead concert at Levi’s Stadium in San Jose this Sunday, June 8, 2015. I got a ride with a friend Dan Pulcrano, but he wanted to push up to the very front, so most of the time I was alone, getting into my head. I enjoyed the concert as […]

Podcast #86. Beat Con in SF with V. Vale. TURING & BURROUGHS.

June 28, 2015. At “Beatnik Shindig” event at Fort Mason in SF. I said a few words in praise of V. Vale and Marian Wallace. Then talked on TURING & BURROUGHS, and did Q&A. Sound is pretty good. 20 minutes in all. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.