- Paperback: 305 pages
- Publisher: HarperPaperbacks; First THUS edition (Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380808773
- ISBN-13: 978-0380808779
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,706,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Realware is good novel and the end of the ware series. Realware is exiting and well writen, but it is not as good as some of the other novels in the series (mainly Freeware and Wetware). It is deffenatley worth reading, though. This is one of Ruckers "transreal" novels, in which Rucker combines fiction with non-fiction. It contains elements of pop-sci and autobiography. Rucker uses this style to work out his own problems in his novels. Ruckers novels are in the sci-fi, but they are more based on math than science.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A must-read for fans but...
11 July 2001
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
After reading Rudy Rucker's Software, Wetware et al, this book is a must have/must read. But I found it a bit of a letdown compared to the others. I kinda had the feeling that Rudy was trying too hard to "be a better *writer*", like maybe he took a writing course and it ruined him <grin>. The ideas stop coming around 1/2 way through the book, and the rest gets to be "she went here, he did this, she did that, blah-blah...". His previous books left me with a lot of ideas and images that I can never forget... ice-cream trucks that steal and freeze your head, cosmic rays that encode alien personalities... but from this one, mostly I remember being unpleasantly stuck in bubble.
I loved the others in the series but this one fell flat for me. Still, if you've read the others you have to read this one too.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed ...
30 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
While the first three novels in this series were enjoyable books, Realware falls a little short. The book, while still marginally readable, has a glaring flaw - unadulterated sappiness.
Rudy has managed to craft what could be "the feel-good cyberpunk novel of the year." (The movie version will probably be appearing shortly on Hallmark theatre.) Everybody's happy, cleaning up, and falling in love. However, little of it is really convincing.
The pop-tart romance between Phil and Yoke is barely believable ("What's your name? I Love You!") There's just too little evidence of chemistry for them to have gone that far as fast as they did. Phil also utters the phrase "clean and sober" so often that it feels like you're reading a piece of high school anti-drug propaganda.
Phil's constant espousing on how great life is ("Thank you God for making the world!") is nauseating at first, but then shifts into overdrive after his trip into the 4th dimension. At that point, Realware could almost be classified as a religious novel. Everybody gets to talk about their death experiences, how they discovered that souls are shaped like butterflies, how happy they were to look in the face of God, etc.
Couple all that with a poorly-executed deus ex machina ending, and you have the trappings of a substandard science fiction novel. Some people will still probably enjoy it - most likely those that had no previous experience with this series. Those who are expecting another book like the first three will likely walk away disappointed.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Rudy Rucker's NICE book - Beaver Cleaver, Clean & Sober
22 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
Nice, yeah, like warm milk and chocolate chip cookies. (Rudy, what were attempting? did you get what you wanted? what your editors wanted?) This book doesn't have the insane edge, like his earlier three books of the same series (Software, Wetware, Freeware), as well as, Hacker & the Ants. I've read all these other books at least 3 times each and own numerous copies of them. I think they are great reads and have given copies out to friends for years to turn them onto Rucker. But this latest? It ends with a wonderful double wedding and everyone lives happily every after. Yucch! Too Wholesome. I get the impression that Rucker was trying for a "Caledcott" award winner. Vapid & insipid, as accused above? Yes, I'd have to agree. I'm still a Rucker fan. But this one tastes like baby pablum.
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