Rudy Rucker, Notes for Spaceland Spaceland Notes Notes written by Rudy Rucker for Spaceland (Tor Books, 2002). Copyright Rudy Rucker © 2002. I started writing Spaceland on August 24, 2000. These Spaceland Notes were last revised on July 16, 2001, when the final edit of Spaceland was mailed in. Document was put into PDF format on November 22, 2005. The Spaceland Notes are 37,000 words long. Writing Journal ....................................................................................................... 4 January 7, 2000. Preliminary Plans for my Next Novel. .................................... 4 June 22, 2000. Brussels, Hypercube on TV........................................................ 5 June 28, 2000. Joe’s view of Spazz. Joe’s Redemption. ................................... 5 June 30, 2000. Joe’s Astral Body. ..................................................................... 5 July 5, 2000. The cliff at the end of Sheepshead peninsula............................... 6 July 8, 2000. The two plots................................................................................. 7 July 18, 2000. T-shirts. ...................................................................................... 7 August 8, 2000. Hypervision. ............................................................................ 7 August 25, 2000. Started Writing. ..................................................................... 7 September 12, 2000. Underway. Calvino quotes.............................................. 7 September 15, 2000. Four Chapters, and What Next?....................................... 8 October 10, 2000. Coming Up with a Model. First Black Spot. ...................... 8 November 17, 2000 Sketch at Los Perros Roasting ........................................... 9 December 2, 2000. In Café Puccini in North Beach........................................ 10 December 3, 2000. Howl and a Sketch From Market Street. .......................... 10 December 13, 2000. Trying to sell Spaceland................................................. 12 December 15, 2000. Reading On the Road...................................................... 13 January 26, 2001. Home Stretch Uncertainty.................................................. 15 February 9, 2001. Hitting the Wall. Second Black Spot................................. 15 March 5, 2001. It’s Done................................................................................. 16 May 23, 2001. I Get an Offer! ......................................................................... 16 April 25, 2001. Asilomar. I do the drawings. ................................................. 16 July 16, 2001. Final Edit Mailed In. ................................................................ 16 Word Count........................................................................................................... 17 Figures .................................................................................................................. 18 Proposal ................................................................................................................ 19 Treatment .............................................................................................................. 19 One-Page Summary of Spaceland .................................................................... 19 Chapters ................................................................................................................ 20 Chapter 1: New Year’s Eve .............................................................................. 20 Chapter 2: A Visitor from the Fourth Dimension............................................. 21 p. 1 Rudy Rucker, Notes for Spaceland Chapter 3: Momo’s Cross-Sections .................................................................. 21 Chapter 4: Las Vegas........................................................................................ 21 Chapter 5: A Dream of Flatland........................................................................ 21 Chapter 6: A Narrow Escape ............................................................................ 22 Chapter 7: Klupdom.......................................................................................... 22 Chapter 8: A Date with Tulip ........................................................................... 23 Chapter 9: Mophone, Inc. ................................................................................. 24 Chapter 10: Bad News ...................................................................................... 25 Chapter 11: Pop! ............................................................................................... 26 Chapter 12: Dronia and Beyond ....................................................................... 27 Chapter 13: The Battle of Flat Matthewsboro .................................................. 27 Chapter 14: Life Goes On................................................................................. 27 Timeline ................................................................................................................ 27 Words and Phrases................................................................................................ 28 Names of the Extra Dimensions ....................................................................... 28 Names for the Lands and Peoples of Higher Space.......................................... 29 Characters ............................................................................................................. 30 Momo................................................................................................................ 30 Joe Cube............................................................................................................ 30 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 31 Jena Bonk.......................................................................................................... 31 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 31 Spazz Crotty...................................................................................................... 31 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 31 Tulip.................................................................................................................. 31 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 32 Sante Machado.................................................................................................. 32 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 32 Clement Treed................................................................................................... 32 Identifying Traits .......................................................................................... 32 Drabk................................................................................................................. 32 Ken Wong ......................................................................................................... 33 The Inhabitants of Higher Spaces......................................................................... 33 God and Jesus ................................................................................................... 33 Kluppers and Dronners ..................................................................................... 34 The Economy of the All.................................................................................... 34 Email..................................................................................................................... 34 Walker............................................................................................................... 34 Email to Walker 1, September 8, 2000......................................................... 34 Walker’s Answer 1 ....................................................................................... 36 Email to Walker 2, September 18, 2000....................................................... 38 Walker’s Answer 2 ....................................................................................... 39 Email to Walker 3, September 21, 2000....................................................... 41 Walker’s Answer 3 ....................................................................................... 42 Email to Walker 4, December 22, 2000........................................................ 44 Walker’s Answer 4 ....................................................................................... 44 p. 2 Rudy Rucker, Notes for Spaceland Hellerstein......................................................................................................... 47 Comments on 11/21/2000 after reading chaps 1-7 ....................................... 47 My Answer.................................................................................................... 49 Other ................................................................................................................. 49 Email note to a fan about ER Bridge ............................................................ 49 Tech....................................................................................................................... 49 Possible Embeddings of Spaceland