Rudy Rucker, Notes for Realware Notes for REALWARE by Rudy Rucker These Notes were begun on December 23, 1996 The first attempt at writing REALWARE began January 1, 1997. REALWARE was set aside for SAUCER WISDOM 2/23/97 – 9/15/97. The attempt at writing REALWARE resumed on September 17, 1997. Practically everything was eliminated and the real writing of REALWARE began about January 1, 1998. Finished final draft on August 22, 1998, at 101,000 words. Finished final revisions on November 24, 1998 at 105,351 words. The last Notes printout was made April 29, 1998 Current Notes word count: 44,906. Posted November 25, 2005. Notes are 48,000 Words -------------------------------------- Table of Contents for these Notes Current Issues ....................................................................................................5 Final Outline ......................................................................................................5 Short Outline of REALWARE ......................................................................5 Long Outline of REALWARE.......................................................................6 Word Count......................................................................................................10 Timeline ...........................................................................................................12 Notes For Chapters ..........................................................................................14 Overall Novelistic Arc.................................................................................14 Early Notes ..................................................................................................14 Chapter 1: Kurt Gottner’s Funeral (Phil p.o.v.).......................................14 Chapter 2: Yoke In Tonga (Yoke p.o.v.) .................................................15 Chapter 3: Phil joins Yoke in Tonga (Phil p.o.v.) ...................................15 Chapter 4: Yoke and the Alla (Yoke p.o.v.) ............................................16 Chapter 5: Randy And the Realware Snail (Randy p.o.v.).....................17 Chapter 6: (Alternating Phil and Yoke p.o.v.).........................................17 Chapter 7: The Cosmos (Cobb or maybe Everyone’s p.o.v.) ..................17 Outline of Chaps 4-7 I sent Jennifer Hershey on June 1, 1998. ..................17 Chapter 4: Yoke .......................................................................................17 Chapter 5: Randy .....................................................................................18 Chapter 6: Yoke .......................................................................................19 Chapter 7: Phil/Yoke ...............................................................................19 Outline of Chapter Six Right Before Writing It ..........................................19 Discarded Chapter Ideas ..............................................................................20 Cobb In A Limpware Body......................................................................20 1 Rudy Rucker, Notes for Realware A Chapter Seven ......................................................................................21 Sketches From Life..........................................................................................21 Wired Party, January 1998.......................................................................21 Tamagotchi ..............................................................................................21 Haight.......................................................................................................21 Food Court below Nordstrom’s On Market St. .......................................22 Bill Gates speaking at SJSU Event Center ..............................................22 The Los Gatos Christmas Parade.............................................................22 Warehouse Circus ....................................................................................22 The Marx Brothers in Love Happy ..........................................................22 In New York City, 2/13/98 ......................................................................23 NYC Museums, 2/14/98 ..........................................................................23 Dream Images ..........................................................................................24 In Search Of The Giant Squid, Feb 98.....................................................24 Waiting on the Phone...............................................................................24 In Hollywood with Rudy Jr., March 25, 1997.........................................24 At the Catalyst in Santa Cruz...................................................................25 At Los Gatos Coffee Roasting .................................................................25 July 22, 1998, Around Izzy’s Warehouse................................................25 August 1, 1998. Santa Clara County Fair ...............................................26 Characters ........................................................................................................26 Ages in 2054 ................................................................................................26 Phil Gottner..................................................................................................27 Onar Anders.................................................................................................27 From An Abandoned Tonga Story Based On Eric Gullichsen................27 Funny Names ...............................................................................................29 Randy ...........................................................................................................29 Yoke.............................................................................................................30 Cobb.............................................................................................................30 Cobb background.....................................................................................30 New Cobb ................................................................................................31 Jenny ............................................................................................................32 Jenny Background....................................................................................32 Stahn ............................................................................................................32 Stahn Background....................................................................................32 New Stahn................................................................................................32 Gaston ..........................................................................................................32 Golem Chef Conundrum..........................................................................32 Genealogy ........................................................................................................33 Technology ......................................................................................................34 Alla...............................................................................................................34 Nanotechnology ...........................................................................................36 What Is Realware? .......................................................................................36 God’s Mind ..................................................................................................36 Thought To Reality......................................................................................36 The Metamartians and Two-Dimensional Time..........................................36 2 Rudy Rucker, Notes for Realware Bubbles ........................................................................................................37 Viral Personality Encryption .......................................................................38 Getting Rid of the Moldie Smell..................................................................38 Moldie Raw Materials .................................................................................38 Bacteria-style Sex ........................................................................................38 Rayon and the DIM-spider ..........................................................................38 The N-torus ..................................................................................................39 How Thick Is Flatland?................................................................................39 The Powerball ..............................................................................................40 May 23, 1998, Getting Swallowed by a Powerball .................................42 July 23, 1998, Powerballs As Part of the Aliens .....................................42 Powerball As God....................................................................................43 The Metamartian Powerball Snatches .........................................................43 Original ....................................................................................................43 Revised.....................................................................................................43 The Measurements of Moldies, Cappy Jane, and Precious Cubes ..............44