Comments on: Rudy Rucker's "Outspoken Authors" book: Surfing the Gnarl

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:36:00 +0000

Gnarliness is characteristic of living things.

By: bluelight74

bluelight74 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:49:00 +0000

Couldn’t get past the first few pages of the first short story. the writer’s attempt at what he imagines as “authentic” speech from what I’m guessing were black characters was simply trite, cliche, lame and pretty atrocious, just let the damn characters speak normally

By: voidampersand

voidampersand — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000

That would be what Rucker calls a “science fiction power-chord”

By: Jellodyne

Jellodyne — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:13:00 +0000

I’m imagining the whole book written in surfer speak…

Aw brah its just like, you just get the best barrels ever dude. you come in and get spit right out. just drop in and smack the lip, wah BAH, just drop back in like BAHHHH, just ride the barrel and get pitted, so pitted like that.