https://www.23hq.com/AlexMcLaren/rucker AlexMcLaren en-us 23people http://www.23hq.com/resources/um-style/logo-20.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.23hq.com/rss/AlexMcLaren/rucker false https://www.23hq.com/AlexMcLaren/photo/4602260 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/AlexMcLaren/photo/4602260"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/4394465/4602260_f6ef57a6850951e34cf8e8049695aab1_standard.jpg" width="382" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Rudy Rucker - Hylozoic<br /> Just finished this book.</p> <p>It's very good. Just good is this book? Well I done some calculations and come up with this theory, it's weird multiplied by wonderful and then raised to the power of amazing!</p> <p>Looking for a fun story about Teleporting, Alien Manta Rays, Surfing, Infinity, Alef-null, Time travel, Bosch (yes Hieronymus Bosch the painter)? Well this book has all these and more.</p> <p>It's set in a post singularity world where everything has come "alive". Stones, rivers, trees, houses and you can talk to them all. This is done via a thought process called "Teep". It sounds mad, but it's done in an utterly convincing matter of fact manner. After a few days reading this book I found myself wishing I could "Teep" the fridge to find out what was in there.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As with all Rudy Rucker books this is an easy read, the story moves along at a very lively pace. The only times I stopped reading was to ponder the amazing ideas.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/AlexMcLaren/">AlexMcLaren</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/AlexMcLaren/photo/4602260 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:59:01 GMT