Computer scientist Rudy Rucker writes elegant and splashy science fiction.
Try his latest collection Gnarl! for insights into some of science’s
enduring obsessions, from soap bubbles to cloning. Don’t forget to read the end
notes. Those on “Schrödinger’s cat” are a lesson in how to combine work
(George Cantor on infinity) and pleasure (writing fiction). Published by Four
Walls, Eight Windows, $35, ISBN 1568581599.
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