Rudy Rucker Podcasts

Feb 1, 2014. A talk at the Transhuman Visions conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Thirty minutes including the Q&A. Ideas relating to my novel THE BIG AHA. Some good laughs from the crowd. The sound quality is poor, as there was an echo in the hall. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #75. Talk. “Cosmic and Robotic Consciousness”. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Jan 17, 2014. Opening party for my BIG AHA Paintings show at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, the show from Jan 17 – March 15, 2014. Tape includes my description of my novel THE BIG AHA, two short readings, some Q&A, and my “tour” of the paintings on the walls. To SEE the paintings while […] The post Podcast #74. Reading. THE BIG AHA, with Art Show Tour. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 14, 2013. Computer Science department Colloquium talk on future forms of computation. Given at San Jose State. The slides are here as a PDF file. Talk is about an hour long, with some Q&A. The first five minutes of my talk are missing from the recording. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #73. Talk. “Speculations on Future Computations” first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Aug 29, 2013. Audio of a video filmed for The Counter Culture Hour, public access TV show in San Francisco. Interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search publications. Lasts a full hour. Rudy’s career and his NESTED SCROLLS memoir, William Burroughs and TURING & BURROUGHS, punk scenes in SF, painting and Peter Bruegel, R’s new novel […] The post Podcast #72. Interview: By V. Vale. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

May 2, 2013. An interview by Liza Groen Trombi taped for Locus magazine on May 2, 2013. An edited transcript appeared in the June, 2013, issue. Topics include my autobio NESTED SCROLLS, my novel TURING & BURROUGHS, and the novel THE BIG AHA. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #71. Interview: By LOCUS Magazine. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 19, 2013. Teaching a guest class for mathematician Thomas Banchoff at University of San Francisco, discussing concepts of the fourth dimension of space, Abbott’s FLATLAND, and ideas about portals to parallel worlds. Podcast ends with a reading of the second half of the story, “Message Found In A Copy of Flatland.” Subscribe to Rudy […] The post Podcast #70. Talk & Reading. The Fourth Dimension & “Message Found in a Copy of Flatland”. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Jan 12, 2013. Talking and reading at Borderlands Books in San Francisco the day of my art show opening there. I discuss my novel “Turing & Burroughs,” and then begin reading a section of it. Due to a technical glitch, the tape cuts off after twenty minutes. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #69. Talk & Reading. TURING & BURROUGHS. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Sept 22, 2012. A mashup of my essay “Haunted by Phil Dick” and the afterword of my WARES TETRALOGY—discussing my imaginings of PKD and my Dick Award events. Delivered to lively audience at the Philip K. Dick Festival at San Francisco State University, organized by David Gill. In Q&A I I talk about my new […] The post Podcast #68. Talk. “Haunted by Phil Dick,” at SFSU. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Aug 29, 2012. Rucker’s talk at the Gloucester Writers Center in Gloucester, Mass. With an introduction by Gregory Gibson. Topics are transreal SF and beatnik writing, particularly that of William Burroughs. A reading from TURING & BURROUGHS, followed by Q&A touching on Burroughs’s cut-up technique and on contrasts between fantasy vs. SF. Subscribe to Rudy […] The post Podcast #67. Transrealism, Beatnik SF, and TURING & BURROUGHS. Gloucester, Mass. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 27, 2012. In conversation with Australian scholar Leon Marvell in my back yard. Topics: TURING & BURROUGHS, Beat literature, self-publishing, transrealism. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #66. Interview: Transrealism and TURING & BURROUGHS with Leon Marvell. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 31, 2012. With Terry Bisson and John Shirley at the Anarchist Book Fair, San Francisco. Talking about anarchy in science fiction and in reality and whether SFictional events can free the world. Some Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #65. Anarchism and SF Panel, with Shirley and Bisson. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 13, 2012. Interviewed in New York by Jim Freund for his radio show, “Hour of the Wolf.” This interview aired on WBAI on March 21, 2012. About half an hour. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #64. Interviewed by Jim Freund in NYC. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Feb 29, 2012. Reading at the San Francisco Dorkbot gathering, motto: “People doing strange things with electricity.” Reading is “Jane and Me” from the early chapters of a novel in progress with the working title, THE BIG AHA. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #63. THE BIG AHA. Dorkbot, SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Feb 7, 2012. Reading from “Surfing the Gnarl” essay/book and NESTED SCROLLS at Green Arcade books in San Francisco. Some Q&A as well. Introduced by Terry Bisson. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #62. “Surfing the Gnarl” & NESTED SCROLLS. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Jan 14, 2012. Reading from NESTED SCROLLS at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, with Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #61. NESTED SCROLLS at Borderlands. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 10, 2011. Reading the first chapter of JIM AND THE FLIMS at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, with Q&A on writing. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #60. JIM AND THE FLIMS and Writing. Borderlands. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

June 4, 2011. Rick Kleffel leads Rudy and Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation at the Capitola Book Cafe. Rudy is mainly discussing his novel JIM AND THE FLIMS, and Stan is talking about his fantasy-historical novel GALILEO’S DREAM. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #59. Interview: In Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, Capitola. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Jan 15, 2011.Reading the “Birth of Transrealism” chapter from my memoir, NESTED SCROLLS, at the regular SF in SF gathering in San Francisco. Taped and posted by Rick Kleffel, for his “Agony Column” blog. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #58. NESTED SCROLLS, “The Birth of Transrealism.” SF in SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

The audio for Pocdast #56 is lost, so onward to #57! Jan 15, 2011. Rick Kleffel interview Rudy about THE WARE TETRALOGY, his webzine FLURB, his 2011 memoir NESTED SCROLLS, and his 2011 novel JIM AND THE FLIMS. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #57. (#56 is Gone). Interviewed On Projects, by Rick Kleffel. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

October 22, 2010. Interview with Thomas Gideon for his “Command Line” podcast site at thecommandline.net, on POSTSINGULAR, HYLOZOIC and the WARE TETRALOGY. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #55. Interview: By Thomas Gideon, On POSTSINGULAR, HYLOZOIC and the WARES. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.