What is Rudy Rucker?
{{Infobox Person |name = Rudy Rucker |image = Rudyrucker.jpg |image_size = 222px |caption = Rudy Rucker, Fall 2004, photo by Georgia Rucker |birth_name = Rudolf von Bitter Rucker |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|03|22}} |birth_place = [[Louisville, Kentucky]] |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |other_names = |known_for = [[Ware Tetralogy]] |education = |alma_mater = [[St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky|St. Xavier High School]], [[Swarthmore College]], [[Rutgers University]] |employer = |occupation = [[Author]] |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = [[Georg Hegel|G.W.F. Hegel]] |signature = |website = [http://www.rudyrucker.com/ Rudy Rucker] |footnotes = }} '''Rudolf von Bitter Rucker''' (born March 22, 1946 in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]) is an American [[mathematician]], [[computer scientist]], [[science fiction]] author, and [[Philosophy|philosopher]]. He is one of the founders of the [[cyberpunk]] literary movement. He writes both fiction and non-fiction books and articles. He is best known for the novels in the [[Ware Tetralogy]] (series of four books). The first two books (''Software'' and ''Wetware'') both won [[Philip K. Dick Award]]s. Now he edits the science fiction [[webzine]] called ''[[Flurb]]''. ==Early life== Rucker is the great-great-great-grandson of the philosopher [[Georg Hegel]].<ref>[http://www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/vonbittertreelarge.pdf The family tree of his mother's brother, Rudolf von Bitter.]</ref> Rucker attended [[St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky|St. Xavier High School]]. Then he completed a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[math