Comments on: Rudy Rucker's Postsingular: Wheenk! http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jason Spence http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33280 Jason Spence Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33280 San Jose State's abbreviation is SJSU. It's a member of the California State University system, which is very different from the research-oriented University of California system. It is <i>not</i> a UC. San Jose State’s abbreviation is SJSU. It’s a member of the California State University system, which is very different from the research-oriented University of California system. It is not a UC.

]]> By: Lazlo Panaflex http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33078 Lazlo Panaflex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33078 the nanites and Vearth of this book remind me of the wumpus and simulation in yer story "there's a great big beautiful tomorrow"... you saw that, right? the nanites and Vearth of this book remind me of the wumpus and simulation in yer story “there’s a great big beautiful tomorrow”…
you saw that, right?

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33085 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33085 Oh, I totally nicked Ruckerian naming conventions for that story -- that's also one of the origins of "Whuffie," it's just a ruckery word. Oh, I totally nicked Ruckerian naming conventions for that story — that’s also one of the origins of “Whuffie,” it’s just a ruckery word.

]]> By: Carlos http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33093 Carlos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33093 I read the first story in this cycle in one of the recent Best SF of the Year Anthologies, and thought it was pretty good, if not exactly mind-blowing. I didn't quite follow the part where, after the nants ate the world, they hatched it up again simple because they were reversed-computed. Wouldn't eaten things simply dissipate in this case? Though I admit that, existentially speaking, having people reappear after reverse-computing is much more interesting. And the other stories sound much twistier, so my interest is piqued. I read the first story in this cycle in one of the recent Best SF of the Year Anthologies, and thought it was pretty good, if not exactly mind-blowing. I didn’t quite follow the part where, after the nants ate the world, they hatched it up again simple because they were reversed-computed. Wouldn’t eaten things simply dissipate in this case? Though I admit that, existentially speaking, having people reappear after reverse-computing is much more interesting.

And the other stories sound much twistier, so my interest is piqued.

]]> By: DaveC http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33175 DaveC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33175 Post should have had a "plot spoiler" warning or something. Post should have had a “plot spoiler” warning or something.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/10/01/rudy-ruckers-postsin.html#comment-33195 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33195 There's nothing in the post that isn't on the dust-jacket. There’s nothing in the post that isn’t on the dust-jacket.

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