Rudy Rucker
The Hacker and the Ants
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"[A] humorous thriller … Estimable." —New York Times Book Review

"A professor of mathematics with a penchant for the unusual, if not for the downright weird … Rucker's writing is filled with cunning comic twists." —Austin American-Statesman

Jerzy Rugby is a hacker, not the sensationalized, criminal type who crypts codes and breaks into computer systems, but a legitimate programmer gainfully employed by the GoMotion Corporation, helping them with the creation and mass-production of sentient, intelligent robots. Aside from his job, life is tough for Jerzy, constantly hounded by greedy real estate agents, recently divorced from his wife and separated from his kids. At least he always had cyberspace …

Until …

One day Jerzy finds a virus in his computer. A seemingly harmless, digitized ant romping through the circuits and wires of his machine. But, inexplicably, "ants" spread into Studly, his personal robot. The ants rapidly multiply until they infect television broadcasts, temporarily disabling viewing pleasure for millions of TV junkies. Is it Jerzy's fault? The police think so, pointing to a dead dog, a cut cable wire, and an infected, bloody robot crammed into the trunk of Jerzy's car as evidence. Or is Jerzy part of a larger conspiracy, one involving corporate heads and freaked-out crypts? Jerzy must find the source of the virus soon, before the virtual plague contaminates his already tenuous grip on reality.

Rudy Rucker is a two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick Award and a professor of computer science at San Jose State University.

FUN FACTOID The cover for this edition of The Hacker and the Ants was designed by Rudy Rucker's daughter, Georgia!

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