Software

Author - Rudy Rucker ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Eos was reviewed on 10-Aug-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Software by Eos. Revolted robots, okay. Old hippies have taken over Florida, great. A government that´s given Florida to said old hippies, still pretty funny. An old boozer genius, still good. Sta Hi, what a hoot. Immortality and nosy cops too, fabulous. Mix all of these elements together and all this promise gets tangled up in the cords and falls flat. Maybe if I´d been able to force myself to finish it, I´d have a different opinion, but I couldn´t get that far.¤

2) Paperback Book Software by Eos. This is Rucker´s short, whacky cyberpunk take. The protagonist is an aging genius, more interested in the beach and booze these days than anything else.

Robots basically now run the joint, and the bigger robots want to take over all the little robots. Get the picture? The little robots aren´t a fan of this, and a metal acquaintance of our drunk dude offers to digitise him.


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3) Paperback Book Software by Eos. I blew through this book for two reasons:

1. It was short
2. It was addictive

This book is an interesting mix of "modern" cyberpunk type writing and content with older Heinlein style creativity. It has some of the hard edge of cyberpunk but I couldn´t help feel that I was reading an updated "boy´s adventure" style sci-fi story where we are taken on a ride and shown wondrous things without much background explanation.
I´m looking forward to reading some of the other books by this author but I´m hoping for more content since it definitely needs an increase in density.¤

4) Paperback Book Software by Eos. All Hail Happy Cloak! A wild and joyous romp from the get-go. Unique in that it moves so well from comedy to ideas to action and into supercool character developement. Lots of weird events and images. Superb SF entertainment.¤

5) Paperback Book Software by Eos. I really enjoyed Sofeware and all the rest of the Ware series, and can´t wait too read Realware.¤

6) Paperback Book Software by Eos.

It was Cobb Anderson who built the"boppers"--the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged "pheezer" with a bad heart, drinking and grooving an the old tunes in Florida retirement hell. His "bops" have came a long way, though, rebelling against their subjugation to set up their own society an the moon. And now they´re offering creator Cobb immortality but at a stiff price: his body his soul ... and his world.It was Cobb Anderson who built the "boppers"--the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged pheezer with a bad heart, drinking and grooving on the old tunes in Florida retirement hell. His "bops" have come a long way, though, rebelling against their subjugation to set up their own society on the moon. And now they´re offering creator Cobb immortality, but at a stiff price: his body, his soul. . .and his world.

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7) Paperback Book Software by Eos. Cobb Anderson created the "boppers," sentient robots that overthrew their human overlords. But now Cobb is just an aging alcoholic waiting to die, and the big boppers are threatening to absorb all of the little boppers--and eventually every human--into a giant, melded consciousness. Some of the little boppers aren´t too keen on the idea, and a full-scale robot revolt is underway on the moon (where the boppers live). Meanwhile, bopper Ralph Numbers wants to give Cobb immortality by letting a big bopper slice up his brain and tape his "software." It seems like a good idea to Cobb.¤

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