Rudy Rucker Podcasts

October 14, 2010. My reading of a story written with Bruce Sterling and published on Tor.com. Transreally speaking, it’s a story about two aging science-fiction writers. I.e., it’s about Bruce and me. This is one of the stories that appears in our 2016 anthology, Rucker + Sterling, Transreal Cyberpunk. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #54. “Good Night, Moon”. Written with Bruce Sterling. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

August 14, 2010. I talked a bit about the origins of the “Ware Tetralogy,” read the brain-eating scene from “Software,” a cheeseball vs. moldie scene from “Freeware,” and a juggling moldies scene from “Realware.” And then we had some Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #53. Talk on THE WARE TETRALOGY, Borderlands Books. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 4, 2010. A talk about new ideas for SF. Role of idea in a book or story. A list of some topics that seem interesting to me. Larry Niven was there, but he fell asleep. That’s okay. Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #52. “New SF Futures.” Westercon. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 3, 2010. A 45 minute talk on the theory and practice of Transreal SF writing in my novels. Starts with a reading of my 1983 “A Transrealist Manifesto” essay. Q&A at the end. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #51. “Transreal SF Writing.” Westercon. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

May 22, 2010. Rudy reads from his four-novel cyberpunk omnibus, THE WARE TETRALOGY at the SF in SF gathering in San Francisco. This clip includes the classic “monkey brain feast” scene from SOFTWARE, and Sta-Hi Mooney’s introduction to the drug “merge” in WETWARE. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #50. THE WARE TETRALOGY. At SF in SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 24, 2009. Forty minute talk on my life as a writer, followed by ten minutes of Q&A (the actual questions are hard to hear). Taped by my friend Leon Marvell at Deakin College of the University of Melbourne. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #49. Talk. “My Life as a Writer.” Melbourne. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 12, 2009. A short reading from HYLOZOIC, “Chapter 6: The Peng,” with a lengthy Q&A session about the Singularity and the possibility of human immortality. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #48. HYLOZOIC, Chap 6, with Q&A, Dark Carnival Books. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

July 11, 2009. Charlie Jane Anders introduces Rudy on her live show, Writers With Drinks, at the Make-Out Room bar in San Francisco. Rudy reads from Chapter 9: Live Sex, of HYLOZOIC. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #47. HYLOZOIC Chap 9 at Writers With Drinks, SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

June 10, 2009. A half-hour reading with a half-hour of questions and answers. Reading from Chapter Two of HYLOZOIC at Books Inc. in Mountain View, CA. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #46. HYLOZOIC, Reading with Q&A. Books Inc. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 23, 2009. Rudy reads the first chapter of his novel in progress at an Electronic Freedom Foundation benefit at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #45. JIM AND THE FLIMS, San Francisco. EFF at 111 Minna. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

October 24, 2008, Rudy reads from his novel at an evening of steampunk readings hosted by SF in SF as part of LitQuake. Taped and posted by Rick Kleffel of Trashotron. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts.

October 10, 2008. My story about levels of infinity beyond alef-one. Appeared online in the webzine www.Tor.com, and in my COMPLETE STORIES. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #43. “Jack and the Actuals,” for Tor.com first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

September 27, 2008. San Francisco. Rudy talks for about half an hour about aspects of sex in science fiction, then answers questions for another half hour. This event was at a conference organized by monochrom. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #42. Talk. “Sex and Science Fiction” at Arse Elektronika. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

November 13, 2007. Thirty-five minute reading from Chapter Three of POSTSINGULAR, followed by twenty minute Q&A at the Booksmith in San Francisco. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #41. POSTSINGULAR, Chap 3, Booksmith. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

May 16, 2007. A reading of my story “The Imitation Game,” about the last days of computer pioneer Alan Turing and his persecution by the British secret service. This time, Turing wins… The story appeared in INTERZONE magazine, and as Chapter One of my 2012 novel, TURING & BURROUGHS. Reading at monthly “SF in SF” […] The post Podcast #40 “The Imitation Game”, SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 7, 2007. Follow up to my Sunnyvale Library talk about writing. I introduce and read the short-short story “Panpsychism Proved” from my MAD PROFESSOR anthology. And then we have Q&A. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #39. “Panpsychism Proved” with Q&A. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

March 7, 2007. A talk at the Sunnyvale Library about my life as a writer. Discussion of how I became a writer, my career, how I work, and some of my techniques. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #38. Talk. “My Life as a Writer”, Sunnyvale. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Jan 30, 2007. Reading from “Mathematicians in Love” at City Lights Books in San Francisco. Good sound quality. Reading from the “Hundred Percent” concert scene plus Q&A. A big thrill for me to read at City Lights, the veritable Vatican of Beat. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #37. MATHEMATICIANS IN LOVE with Q&A, City Lights, SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

January 18, 2007. The question and answer segment of my MATHEMATICIANS IN LOVE reading at Black Oak Books on Shattuck St., in Berkeley, CA, January 18, 2007. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #36. Q&A on writing, Berkeley, Black Oak Books. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

January 16, 2007. The question and answer segment of my MATHEMATICIANS IN LOVE reading at Booksmith on Haight St., SF, CA. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #35. Q&A on writing, San Francisco, Booksmith. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.