To celebrate, rudy and prime have released the full text of the book as a free creative. An omnibus of rudy ruckers groundbreaking series software, wetware, freeware, and realware, with an introduction by william gibson, author of. It starts with software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. In 2030, bopper robots in their lunar refuge have founds a way to infuse dna wetware with their own software code the result is a new lifeform the meatbop fair is fair, after all humans built the boppers, now bops are building humans rt of its all part of an insidious plot thats about to ensnare della taze who doesnt think she killed her lover while in drug indin 2030, bopper robots in their. Rudy rucker s seminal ware cyberpunk novels software, wetware, freeware, and realware have been collected in a single volume from prime books, with an introduction by. Wetware rudy rucker wetware is an original publication of avon books. By freeware, the robots have evolved into soft plastic slugs called moldiesand some human cheeseballs want to have sex with them. In wetware, the robots decide to start building peopleand people get strung out on an insane new drug called merge. The novel is the second book in ruckers ware tetralogy, preceded by software in 1982 and followed by freeware in 1997. Rudy rucker, a popular science writer, novelist, and mathemati cian in the department of mathematics and computer science at san jose state. As a bonus, hes also released the whole tetralogy as a free pdf available on his site. Plot summary edit set in 20302031, ten years after the events of software, wetware focuses on the attempt of an edgar allan poe obsessed bopper named berenice to populate earth with a robothuman hybrid called a meatbop.
Books part of my cyberpunk book collection, share yours. At the end of realware i feel like ive finally come to terms with my father, and with our interactions, and with his death from a stroke in 1994. Dive deep into rudy rucker s software wetware with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Books part of my cyberpunk book collection, share yours too. The files are sorted in the order they were added to this site, with the newer postings first.
The ware tetralogy by rudy rucker free ebook manybooks. For rucker s stories, go to his online complete stories. Wetware is the name that computer scientists and engineers give to the human brain and nervous system, to contrast them with computer hard ware and software. Wetware is a 1988 biopunk science fiction novel written by rudy rucker. The ware tetralogy 2010 creative commons pdf download from rudyrucker. Rudy rucker has reprinted the series as a complete set.
Ruckers ware books back in print and free to download11. Selected dissertations will be published electronically as pdf files, subject to. Click download or read online button to get wetware book now. Dick award for best paperback original sciencefiction book of the year. Rudy rucker, all the interviews, updated november 15, 2004. Yukawa, a molecular biologist, to find della taze, his missing assistant, and discovers that the boppers, moonbased robots have a plan to make their own humans. Hopefully im doing this right and putting it in the correct section. The ware tetralogy is a series of four science fiction novels by author rudy rucker. Rudy rucker project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Descargar software rudy rucker en pdf libros geniales.
Ruckers ware books back in print and free to download. Paperback copies of the prime books edition of the ware tetralogy. For rucker s essays, go to his online collected essays. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Rudy ruckers seminal ware cyberpunk novels software, wetware, freeware, and realware. The ware tetralogy available as a free download in a pdf format as well as. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent.
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