Richard Rydon

Richard Rydon is an award-winning science fiction novelist. His first two books in the Luper Series, The Oortian Summer (2007) and The Omega Wave (2008), have been given excellent reviews and were published in hardcover and paperback by Lulu Publishing. Richard’s second novel, The Omega Wave, was selected as one of the finalists in the Science Fiction Category of the Reader Views Literary Awards and was awarded an Honorary Mention in the Reviewers Choice Awards in 2009.

Richard is an honours science graduate. More recently, he has obtained numerous certificates and diplomas in Psychology, Counselling, Theology, and a Diplôme de Cuisine Française. He is a prolific writer and has published over 300 papers, articles and poems, in scientific journals, international magazines and local papers to date.

Under the pen name Philip Fortune, he also published an anthology of poetry, titled ‘Golden Fuchsia-Laden Girl’, containing 80 poems.

About the books in the Luper Series

The Oortian Summer

‘The Oortian Summer’ is a romantic science fiction adventure involving co-worker relationships in an astronomical observatory as two massive comets approach the Earth. The unusual twist in the story involves a perilous attempt, proposed by Luper, the lead character, to bring the comets even closer to Earth to prevent a catastrophic geomagnetic flip.

The Omega Wave

‘The Omega Wave’ is a gothic science fiction novel. Aided and abetted by Quade their boss, Luper and Frieda progress secretly and meticulously, to develop biological computers called neurospheres. Working in the shadow of a rogue American Embassy, they first conceal but later reveal what they have seen and done.

The Palomar Paradox: A SETI Mystery

‘The Palomar Paradox’ sees Luper back in an astronomical observatory searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. He finds himself working with Leila, a young girl recovering from leukaemia, and Karina, an experienced astronomer, among others. As their research continues, unusual signals are picked up by their radio telescope. The signals are explained, one by one, until …