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57th Franz Kafka

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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.

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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

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

This is a great collection of short stories by Rudy v.b. Rucker and his math-embedded writing style. If you are not a collector looking for '57th' and are just interested in the stories, see Gnarl!, a recent (Apr 2000) collection of Rucker's short stories which include many from '57th.'

This is a collection of short stories. The stories are not linked together, but some characters appear in more than one story.

Buy this book. Start at the beginning and read the stories in order. The stories work together, though not in conventional linear fashion. What you'll experience is a shift in tone... When I read this book, years ago, I was, at first, intrigued; then entertained; then challenged; ...and by the end of the collection, I was astounded.