http://www.gigadial.net/public/station/17434 Talks and readings by writer Rudy Rucker, with occasional interviews as well. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:22:43 MST en http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_newSFideas_westercon_7_4_2010.mp3 Talk about new ideas for SF. Role of idea in a book or story. A list of some topics that seem interesting to me. Q&A. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/657407 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:32:20 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_transreal_westercon_7_3_2010.mp3 45 minute talk on the theory and practice of Transreal SF writing in my novels. Starts with a reading of my 1983 "A Transrealist Manifesto" essay. Q&A at the end. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/657395 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:29:40 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_mylife_melbourne_nov_24_2009.mp3 Forty minute talk on my life as a writer, followed by ten minutes of Q&A (the actual questions are hard to hear). Taped by Leon Marvell at Deakin College of the University of Melbourne. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/638089 Sun, 30 May 2010 12:05:23 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_wares_sfinsf_may_22_2010.mp3 Rudy reads from his four-novel cyberpunk omnibus, THE WARE TETRALOGY at the SF in SF gathering in San Francisco. This clip includes the classic "monkey brain feast" scene from SOFTWARE, and Sta-Hi Mooney's introduction to the drug merge in WETWARE. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/637262 Thu, 27 May 2010 08:11:58 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_hylozoic_chap6_withQA_darkcarnival_july12_2009.mp3 A short reading from HYLOZOIC, "Chapter 6: The Peng," with a lengthy Q&A session about the Singularity and the possiblity of human immortality. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/596907 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:49:25 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_hylozoic_chap9_anders_intro_writers_with_drinks_july11_2009.mp3 Charlie Jane Anders introduces Rudy on her live show, Writers With Drinks, at the Make-Out Room bar in San Francisco, July 11, 2009. Rudy reads fom Chapter 9: Live Sex, of HYLOZOIC. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/596906 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:45:30 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_hylozoic_reading_and_qa_mtn_view_6_10_2009.mp3 A half-hour reading with a half-hour of questions and answers. Reading from Chapter Two of HYLOZOIC at Books Inc. in Mountain View, CA. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/594077 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:20:49 MST http://hplusmagazine.com/media/sw_alphapodcast.mp3 Rudy interviews CS entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram about his new Wolfram|Alpha knowledge-based search engine. The interview served as source material for Rudy's article in H+ Magaine,"Wolfram|Alpha: Searching for Truth," online at http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/ai/wolframalpha-searching-truth http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/577052 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:12:47 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_eff_jimflims_chap1_mar_23_2009.mp3 Rudy reads the first chapter of his latest novel in progress at an Electronic Freedom Foundation benefit at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/575480 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:51:04 MST http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/102408-sfinsf-rudyrr.mp3 Rudy reads from his novel at an evening of steampunk readings hosted by SF in SF as part of Litquake. Taped and posted by Rick Kleffel of Trashotron. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/504087 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:47:33 MST http://www.tor.com/images/stories/stories/Rucker/Jack_and_the_Aktuals/rucker_jack_and_the_aktuals_full.mp3 My story about levels of infinity, "Jack and the Aktuals" is online in text form at the webzine www.Tor.com, along with a podcast of me reading it. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/483941 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:15:48 MST http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/2008/mp3/Arse_08_Rucker.mp3 San Francisco. Rudy talks for about half an hour about aspects of sex in science fiction, then answers questions for another half hour. This event was at a conference organized by monochrom. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/470707 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:46:31 MST http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/mp3/rucker_google_reading_may_20_2008.mp3 A twenty minute reading from my novel POSTSINGULAR, followed by a Q & A period. This was a Google Tech Talk on the Googleplex campus, hosted by Director of Research, Peter Norvig. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/353854 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:32:14 MST http://media.blubrry.com/thesciphishow/www.archive.org/download/tspsoc64/tspsoc64.mp3 A taped phone interview with Jason Rennie on his "Sci Phi Show" site, taped December 20, 2007. The topic is my novel POSTSINGULAR. Sound quality is so-so. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/353836 Tue, 20 May 2008 16:55:57 MST http://trashotron.com/agony/audio/2008/2008-news/041008-rudy_rucker.mp3 Rick Kleffel interviews Rudy about a pending lawsuit trying to halt construction of a new supercollider --- the plaintiff fears the high energy collisions may pop a hole in space. Rudy talks about a similar event in his novel SPACELAND, and about SFictional prognostication in general. Excerpts of this interview appeared on NPR, adn the whole is on Rick's Trashotron.com site. http://www.gigadial.net/public/submit/280024 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:26:51 MST