Transreal Trilogy: The Secret of Life, White Light, and Saucer Wisdom

by Rudy Rucker

Three science fiction novels by Rudy Rucker, blending realism and the fantistic in a "transreal" style. Transrealism is about transmuting your ordinary life into SF.

* The Secret of Life: A 60s college student learns he's a saucer alien.

* White Light: A hipster math professor travels to the afterworld.

* Saucer Wisdom: A troubled author tries to write about alien abductions.

Genres: Science Fiction

712 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre. He is best known for his Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which won Philip K. Dick awards. Presently, Rudy Rucker edits the science fiction webzine Flurb.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack Kerouac meets alians

This collection is the closest thing that I have ever read to a beat existential colection of sci fi novals. Great read especially on a long road somewhere.