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Rudy Rucker

American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher (born 1946)

  • Audience79
  • Fame58.1
  • Momentum0.5
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  • Audience79
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Born 1946 · age 80United States
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  • Age
    80
    Born 1946
  • Known for
    Manual of Evasion LX94
    1994
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Updated 2026-06-24

Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and 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 both won Philip K. Dick Awards. He edited the science fiction webzine Flurb until its closure in 2014.

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Momentum0.5
Historical20.2
Now attention2.3
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
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