Rucker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, son of Embry Cobb Rucker Sr (October 1, 1914 - August 1, 1994), who ran a small furniture-manufacture company and later … Se mere

Rucker taught mathematics at the State University of New York at Geneseo from 1972 to 1978. Although he was liked by his students and "published a book [Geometry, Relativity … Se mere

Rucker was the roommate of Kenneth Turan during his freshman year at Swarthmore College. In 1967, Rucker married Sylvia Bogsch Rucker (1943–2023). Together they have three children. On July 1, 2008, Rucker suffered a Se mere

Rucker is a direct descendant of the philosopher Georg Hegel. Se mere

Novels
The Ware Tetralogy
• Software (1982)
• Wetware (1988) Se mere

• As actor-speaker in Manual of Evasion LX94, a 1994 film by Edgar Pêra Se mere

• Rudy Rucker Portal
• Rudy Rucker Books
• Rudy Rucker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Se mere