On October 9, Tor.com published “Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory†by Rudy Rucker, a new short story from the modern master of science fiction about the higher mathematical realms.
Rudy Rucker’s prodigous output includes the Ware tetralogy (Software, 1982; Wetware, 1988; Freeware, 1997; Realware, 2000); White Light (1980), Spacetime Donuts (1982), Master of Space and Time (1984), Mathematicians in Love (2006), and Postsingular (2007). His nonfiction includes such works as Geometry, Relativity, and the Fourth Dimension (1977), Infinity and the Mind (1982), and The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning Of Life, and How To Be Happy (2005). He is the great-great-great grandson of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Wonderfully illustrated by Marcos Chin, “Jack and the Aktuals†is a mind-blowing trip into the world beyond–and over, above, below, and inside.
Tor’s Friday (oct. 10) Comic features “Better Zombies Through Physics†Part Three — Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri’s six-part comic series. Join scientist Erwin Schrödinger on a tour of Quantum Zombies, Inc. as they go on a tour of zombie-creation through the ages! As always, if you missed them, check out previous installments HERE.
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