The Hacker and the Ants - 2nd Edition by Rudy Rucker (Paperback)

About the Book

Computer programmer Jerzy Rugby spends his days hacking away in cyberspace. Then an electronic ant gets into the machinery wreaking havoc throughout the Net. Suddenly Rugby is Public Enemy Number One, wanted for sabotage, computer crime, and treason--a patsy who must now get to the bottom of the virtual insectile plague.

Book Synopsis

This cyberpunk adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winner, Rudy Rucker, reads like a ripped-from-Reddit romp of white hat hacking, artificial intelligence. run amok, and an unstoppable electronic 'bugs.'From a two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick award, and one of the founding fathers of cyberpunk comes a novel about a very modern nightmare: the most destructive computer virus ever has been traced to your machine. Computer programmer Jerzy Rugby spends his days blissfully hacking away in cyberspace - aiding the GoMotion Corporation in its noble quest to create intelligent robots. Then an electronic ant gets into the machinery ... then more ants .... then millions and millions of the nasty viral pests appear out of nowhere to wreak havoc throughout the Net. And suddenly Jerzy Rugby is Public Enemy Number One, wanted for sabotage, computer crime, and treason - a patsy who must now get to the bottom of the virtual insectile plague. "Rudy Rucker warms the cockles of my heart ... I think of him as the Scarlet Pimpernel of science fiction." - Philip Jose Farmer

About the Author

Rudy Rucker is a two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick award and a professor of computer science at San Jose State University. White Light, a novel; Gnarl!, a collection of his short fiction; and Seek!, a collection of essays, are also published by Four Walls Eight Windows.