āāDo you feel pornography is a driving force for high-tech?` I played along,
āOf course. The same human thrill-seeking which makes sex and drugs important is
a big factor in seeking out astonishing computer graphics.`ā An
industrial-strength programmer is answering Japanese questions on cyberculture.
Not an ordinary programmer, noteāthis is Rudy Rucker having fun, the
purpose of life. In Seek! heās picked a brilliant bunch of his columns,
essays and interviews, a travelogue of discovery from cellular automata to his
ātransrealā fiction (take someone you know, project them into a wild future, see
what happens). So this is how to be a professor of computing science, write
acclaimed nonfiction (Infinity and the Mind), become a hit with the
cyberpunks (his science fiction series: Software, Realware,
Wetware and Freeware) and have an excellent time. Step one:
move to California. Now whereās that credit card⦠Published by Four Walls
Eight Windows,Ā£10.60/$16.95, ISBN 1568581386.
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