Software

Ware #1

by Rudy Rucker

Cobb Anderson created the "boppers," sentient robots that overthrew their human overlords. But now Cobb is just an aging alcoholic waiting to die, and the big boppers are threatening to absorb all of the little boppers--and eventually every human--into a giant, melded consciousness. Some of the little boppers aren't too keen on the idea, and a full-scale robot revolt is underway on the moon (where the boppers live). Meanwhile, bopper Ralph Numbers wants to give Cobb immortality by letting a big bopper slice up his brain and tape his "software." It seems like a good idea to Cobb.

Genres: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Robots, Fantasy

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre. He is best known for his Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which won Philip K. Dick awards. Presently, Rudy Rucker edits the science fiction webzine Flurb.

Reviews

[Enric Herce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Divertida, gamberra i ciberpunk. En certs aspectes, el sentit de l'humor negre i les modificacions corporals, m'ha recordat Ciudad revientacráneos de Jeremy Robert Johnson, És autoconclusiva, però forma part de la tetralogia de The Ware amb tres llibres més: Wetware, Freeware i Realware, mai traduïts al castellà. No cal ni dir que seria genial tenir-la en català.