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White Light (Rudy Rucker novel)

White Light is a work of science fiction by Rudy Rucker published in 1980 by Ace Books. The novel deals mainly with the concept of infinity and relies heavily on principles of Set theory.

White Light Rudy Rucker novel - Synopsis

The book is the story of a mathematics teacher at SUCAS (a state college in New York) named Felix Rayman, who starts experimenting with lucid dreaming. On one of these out of body experiences Felix loses his physical body and is forced to travel into another dimension which is heavily influenced by the concept of infinity. In this new world Felix encounters famous scientists and mathematicians such as Albert Einstein, and Georg Cantor.

White Light Rudy Rucker novel - White Light and Transrealism

The main character is a Transrealist interpretation of Rucker's life in the 1970s. As such, though the character is fictional, he bears some exaggerated resemblance to Rucker's interpretation of himself at the time. Rucker tells John Shirley in the introduction to recent editions that:

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