Author: Rudy Rucker

Quotes

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

- Rudy Rucker

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

- Rudy Rucker

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end.

- Rudy Rucker

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

- Rudy Rucker

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

- Rudy Rucker

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.

- Rudy Rucker

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.

- Rudy Rucker

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

- Rudy Rucker

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