The Ware Tetralogy: Free SciFi Download

Between 1982 and 2000, Rudy Rucker wrote a series of four sci-fi novels that formed The Ware Tetralogy. The first two books in the series – Software and Wetware – won the Philip K. Dick Award for best novel. Later Freeware and Realware followed. This summer, Prime Books republished the tetralogy in one big volume, complete with an introduction by William Gibson that calls Rucker “a natural-born American street surrealist” or, more simply, one sui generis dude. And now the even better part: Rucker (who happens to be the great-great-great-grandson of Hegel) has released The Ware Tetralogy under a Creative Commons license, and you can download the full text for free in PDF and RTF formats. In total, the collection runs 800+ pages. For more information on the book and the free download, visit here. And don’t forget to donate to the Creative Commons Legion of Superheroes fundraising campaign.

A big thanks to Rosario for the heads up here.


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  1. George Dodge says . . . | November 11, 2010 / 5:28 pm

    How do I get a BOOK to download I want the ware tetraology.
    thanks

  2. anne says . . . | January 9, 2011 / 2:02 pm

    nothing free here mate

  3. Dan says . . . | February 5, 2011 / 8:18 pm

    For Anne:
    http://www.rudyrucker.com/wares/#postsingulardownload
    Look on the page for free download

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