- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Running Press; Third Edition edition (April 16 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 156858198X
- ISBN-13: 978-1568581989
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #974,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Malcontent mathematics instructor Feliz Raymond's afternoon naps are the subject of Rudy Rucker's strange and delightful White Light. Bored with his life and job at a state university in New York and making no headway in solving Georg Cantor's Continuum Problem, Raymond finds himself every afternoon, lying flat on his floor, entering into a state of lucid dreaming that allows him to explore an entirely new surreal and mathematically-charged reality. What follows is an adventure through time and space, the likes of which only a collaboration between Umberto Eco and Lewis Carroll could attempt. With traveling companions ranging from Einstein to the devil to a giant beetle named Franx, Raymond explores the infinite reaches of his new playground, which is filled with a multitude of cultural and scientific references, some subtle and many overt. Each turned corner of White Light is another gleeful surprise, another celebration of cleverness and imagination. Rucker, who is just as comfortable presenting accessible introductions to modern ideas in geometry (The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes) as he is spinning yarns of hacker fiction (The Hacker and the Ants), wrote this novel while, like the protagonist, endeavoring to solve Cantor's Continuum Problem at a state university in New York. This novel belongs to the tradition of science fiction pioneered by H. G. Wells, where the science is the source of intrigue that adventures grow from and propel the protagonists.
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Felix Rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. When his dreams finally separate him from his physical body, Felix plunges headfirst into a multidimensional universe beyond the limits of space and time — the place of White Light.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Rucker's best,
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This review is from: White Light (Paperback)
This was the first Rucker I've ever read and holds a special place in my heart. A definite must-read for a first time initiate into the world of Rudy Rucker
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Brilliant Fun,
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Light, fun writing style. Concepts beyond human comprehension presented in humorous and approachable style.I read it again after a couple years and liked it better than I had the first time.
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An Interesting and Unique Novel,
By Thomas J. Lenosky (Mountain View, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: White Light (Paperback)
This is an interesting and amusing novel. It deals with some deepthings like infinity, consciousness, and the nature of reality. As a physicist, I appreciated that the author connects the plot to some actual mathematical truths in speculating about an alternate reality and alternate states of consciousness. In addition it is just an amusing and thought-provoking book. The plot is sort of dark i.e. the characters are troubled and there is some drug use. This may be a reflection of the author's own experiences or just his views on modern life. I could certainly empathize with the characters and enjoy the sort of dark humor that runs through this book, however some other readers may not.
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