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This book is brief and daring. Matter, Energy and Mentality: Exploring Metaphysical Reality by Richard Rydon is a book of speculative non-fiction. It is something to sink your metaphysical teeth... More > into. It covers the relationships between Matter, Energy and Mentality, using Energy Redistribution (Unnecessary Action) as a common feature in the Universe. The book should appeal, especially, to those of a mathematical bent, where a number of descriptive equations are presented in an attempt to describe certain elusive aspects of Reality. The book also includes some more-detailed sections, which consider the relationships between Information and Entropy in various Systems.< Less
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Each of the characters in ‘The Palomar Paradox’ deals with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in their own way. As in real life, some believe; others don't want you to... More > believe. 'The Palomar Paradox’ sees Luper Beauchamps, a brilliant scientist, back in an astronomical observatory searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. He finds himself working with Leila Keiler, a young student recovering from leukaemia, and Karina Lowenhaupt, an experienced astronomer. Other characters include, Trent Forsyth, a senior Pentagon official, and his intern, Rihanna Sørensen. They are charged chiefly with quashing all reports of, and evidence for, extraterrestrial activity. As the SETI research continues at the Mount Palomar Observatory, unusual signals are picked up by a new radio telescope. The signals are dismissed, one by one, until …< Less
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Poems of whimsy, innocence and longing: An anthology of one hundred poems by Richard Rydon, written and revised between 1957 and 2013. Twenty new poems have been added since the previous edition.
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Not for the faint-hearted, ‘The Omega Wave’ is a science fiction novel exploring gothic facets of consciousness and human nature. Luper a sensible young scientist finds himself working... More > with Frieda a giddy teenager. As their relationship grows, so do the biological computers called neurospheres that they have developed. Encouraged by Quade, their acquisitive boss, and counselled by Broc, their Ethics Council chairman, they progress secretly, slowly and meticulously. However, working in the shadow of a rogue American-controlled embassy, they get caught up in a web of deception at first concealing but later revealing what they have seen and done.< Less
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The Oortian Summer' is a powerful science fiction adventure centering on work colleague relationships in an astronomical observatory as two massive comets approach the Earth. Unlike similar themes in... More > the past, the unusual twist in this story involves a perilous attempt to bring the comets even closer to the Earth in order to prevent an impending geomagnetic flip.< Less
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Not for the faint-hearted, 'The Omega Wave' is a full-length science fiction novel exploring gothic facets of consciousness and human nature. Luper a sensible young scientist finds himself working... More > with Frieda a giddy teenager. As their relationship grows, so do the biological computers called neurospheres that they have developed. Encouraged by Quade, their acquisitive boss, and counselled by Broc, their Ethics Council chairman, they progress secretly, slowly and meticulously. However, working in the shadow of a rogue American-controlled embassy, they get caught up in a web of deception at first concealing but later revealing what they have seen and done.< Less
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This book is brief and daring. Matter, Energy and Mentality: Exploring Metaphysical Reality by Richard Rydon is a book of speculative non-fiction. It is something to sink your metaphysical teeth... More > into. It covers the relationships between Matter, Energy and Mentality, using Energy Redistribution (Unnecessary Action) as a common feature in the Universe. The book should appeal, especially, to those of a mathematical bent, where a number of descriptive equations are presented in an attempt to describe certain elusive aspects of Reality. The book also includes some more-detailed sections, which consider the relationships between Information and Entropy in various Systems.< Less
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A Children's Play: A short play By Richard Rydon
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A Children's Play is a short play (18 pages). The three young children, CORA, PAULA and WADE, are around twelve to thirteen years of age. They live in the countryside in idyllic surroundings. They... More > are innocent and intense about life. They speak slowly with great emphasis on the words they are saying—as if the words are being spoken for the first time.< Less
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A Children's Play is a short play (18 pages). The three young children, CORA, PAULA and WADE, are around twelve to thirteen years of age. They live in the countryside in idyllic surroundings. They... More > are innocent and intense about life. They speak slowly with great emphasis on the words they are saying—as if the words are being spoken for the first time.< Less
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A Children's Play is a short play. The three young children, CORA, PAULA and WADE, are around twelve to thirteen years of age. They live in the countryside in idyllic surroundings. They are innocent... More > and intense about life. They speak slowly with great emphasis on the words they are saying—as if the words are being spoken for the first time.< Less

About Richard Rydon

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Richard Rydon is an award-winning science fiction novelist. His first three books in the Luper Series, 'The Oortian Summer' (2007), 'The Omega Wave' (2008), and 'The Palomar Paradox: A SETI Mystery' (2011), 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 has also published an anthology of poetry containing 100 poems, titled ‘A Golden Fuchsia-Laden Girl’ (2nd Edition, 2011).

Richard is an honours science graduate. 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.

 

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