Rudy Rucker
Rudy Rucker Rudy Rucker, Fall 2004, photo by Georgia Rucker Born Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (1946-03-22) March 22, 1946 (age 68) Louisville, Kentucky Nationality American Alma mater St. Xavier High School, Swarthmore College, Rutgers University Occupation Author Known for Ware Tetralogy Relatives G.W.F. Hegel Website Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards. At present he edits the science fiction webzine Flurb.