The 57th Franz Kafka [Hardcover]

Rudy Rucker (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Ace (1983)
• ASIN: B000KP3KJI
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Collection of Rucker short stories!, September 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 57th Franz Kafka (Paperback)

This fabulous book of short stories is a must have for all those who are true Rucker fans. 57th Franz Kafka contains dozens of short stories most of which were originally published in various Sci-Fi magazines at some point in the 70's or 80's. For fans of "Master of Space and Time", this book contains numerous stories about the same two main characters. I found this book of the similar integrity as "White Light". For those who did not like the 'ware series that much, this (as well as White Light) may be more your speed. Some of the short stories involve complicated mathematical concepts (big suprise!) or familar fables such as a revisitation of Flatland! If you can locate this book, I would HIGHLY recommend getting it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Purest 1970's essence-of-Rucker, January 2, 2006

By 

Peter D. Tillman (Taos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: 57th Franz Kafka (Paperback)

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This is a very uneven collection, but has
his definitive 70's story, "Jumpin' Jack Flash": V-sex, lesnerizing & the
Pure Land:

"Flow now while I'm touching you, darling, " she breathed. I let my
head go slack, and it began sinking down thru the collar of my shirt.
Helen was fumbling frantically at our clothes... It didn't seem like she
was ever going to get them off, so I reduced viscosity and flowed out of
my left pant leg and onto the floor. She'd gotten her shirt and bra off,
and she lay down to rub her stiff-nippled breasts across me...'

-- the hottest sex-with-aliens scene I know of, & pure essence-of-Rucker
in 20 pages. Not to be missed.

Happy reading--
Pete Tillman

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional !!!, June 10, 1999

By 

B. Thomasson "bthomasson" (North Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 57th Franz Kafka (Paperback)

This is my favorite collection of stories of ANY genre. The book desperately needs to be reprinted.