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Bio: Richard J. (Rick) Sutcliffe, is Professor of Mathematics and Computing Science at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, and has been Adjunct Professor in the nearby School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. At TWU, Rick coordinates academic computing curriculum and facilities, serves on numerous campus committees, and has also spent two years as Acting Dean (Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences.) Sutcliffe represents Canada on international computing standards committees and has published a text in computing science, written one on ethical and social issues in technology, and has authored more than fifty articles and reviews in a variety of trade and technical publications. He has been a columnist for several magazines and newspapers (The Northern Spy, Anodidacticus, The Dialectical Apple, Through a Glass Darkly ). He coined the terms "New Renaissance", "Metalibrary", "concinnity", "Fourth Civilization" and "wired campus", has been a leader in electronic publication, and has been active on the Internet since the 1970s. He has also been an invited speaker at numerous churches, educational and computing conferences, and technical symposia at local, national, and international levels. Rick Sutcliffe is the author of several fictional works in various stages of publication. Most of these are Irish-flavoured Christian science fiction and deal with a variety of technology and ethical issues in thought-provoking plots set on alternate earths. His first novel, "The Peace" was published electronically in June 2000 and became its publisher's best-seller. Others in the same series followed. He revived The Northern Spy electronically, and also has a Philology site at opundo.com. Affiliated companies sell domain names and do web hosting. Prior to his academic career, he taught secondary school for twelve years in Langley, BC, last at Mountain Secondary School. There, he served as his school's math/computer science department head, physics teacher, staff chairman, club sponsor, and scholarship counsellor. He brought the International Baccalaureate programme to public schools for the first time, was active in curriculum development and was among the first to use microcomputers in secondary schools. He has research interests in standards, programming languages, data structures, and in the social, ethical, and religious aspects of high technology. He is active in Aldergrove Fellowship Baptist Church, having been chairman, treasurer, deacon, elder, youth worker, librarian and Bible teacher. He has built two houses, gardens, writes software, and been active in politics. He has also been appointed as external advisor in the accreditation of several local schools. He has travelled extensively as a speaker and to represent the Canadian Standards Association and the Standards Council of Canada at ISO meetings. He presently resides in Bradner, B.C. with his wife Joyce and their two sons Nathan and Joel.


1. Long [149760 words]The Friends [Worlds of the Timestream Book 2] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction/Alternate History]
2. Very Long [226714 words]The General [Worlds of the Timestream Book 4] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction]
3. Very Long [213458 words]The Nexus [Worlds of the Timestream Book 5] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction]
  1. Very Long [226714 words]The General [Worlds of the Timestream Book 4] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction]
2. Very Long [213458 words]The Nexus [Worlds of the Timestream Book 5] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction]
3. Very Long [186541 words]The Exile [Worlds of the Timestream Book 3] by Richard J. Sutcliffe [Science Fiction/Alternate History]

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1 The Peace [Worlds of the Timestream Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Richard J. Sutcliffe
  The Peace is alternate-history Irish-flavoured Christian science fiction. James IV, High King of Ireland and the worlds he rules, is deposed at the height of the Three Worlds' War (1941). Banned from the throne by his corrupt nobles for 60 years, he struggles to survive and maintain the Pax Hibernia despite clan MacCarthy's genocidal high-tech schemes. Characters from our earth struggle with their own religious and political loyalties as they are drawn into Greater Hibernia's intrigues. Remote E... more info>> 2002

Words: 141461 - Reading Time: 404-565 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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2 The Friends [Worlds of the Timestream Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Richard J. Sutcliffe
  In the decades following the deposition of James IV, his descendants and relatives continue the struggle to survive clan MacCarthy's plots. Katherina Rourke loses everything except her close-knit group of friends when first her mother, Iron Kate, then her father Matthew (formerly Donal IV) are murdered. Later her friendships disintegrate, and a subsequent donal uses Sean Reilly to kill Katherina, Jack, and their infant Mara. Or, does he? We follow Lady Katherina to and through the battle of Glen... more info>> 2003 EPPIE Award Winner

Words: 149760 - Reading Time: 427-599 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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3 The Exile [Worlds of the Timestream Book 3] [MultiFormat]
by Richard J. Sutcliffe
  This third book in the series tells of Mara's further adventures, climbing the military ranks of Tara on her way to a confrontation with Donal XII, the former Sean Reilly. Meanwhile, Angus and Day McAllister, exiled to our earth in one of Hibernia's many palace coups, have their own scores to settle with Mara's McCarthy enemies and their allies. So do Lady Katherina and her adoptive daughter Sheana. Others also have reason to be present in court when the ban on the throne expires. Their lives in... more info>> 2003 EPPIE Award Finalist

Words: 186541 - Reading Time: 532-746 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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4 The General [Worlds of the Timestream Book 4] [MultiFormat]
by Richard J. Sutcliffe
  The General is alternate-history Irish-flavoured Christian science fiction and is the sequel to The Peace, The Friends, and The Exile (Volumes One to Three of The Interregnum). The General recounts Tadgh O'Kelly's life from his 1987 graduation as Kilkarney's top cadet to his career as an army forensic investigator. As the years go by, he gradually knits the threads of evidence from numerous kidnappings of women and children into a noose, but finding the guilty neck to tie it around takes all his... more info>> 2006

Words: 226714 - Reading Time: 647-906 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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5 The Nexus [Worlds of the Timestream Book 5] [MultiFormat]
by Richard J. Sutcliffe
  The Nexus is alternate-history Irish-flavoured Christian science fiction and is the sequel to The Peace, The Friends, The Exile and The General (Volumes One to Four of The Interregnum). The Nexus continues Mara's story from the conclusion of the trial over which Tad O'Kelly presided as Senchus in The General, through new foreign assignments, then back to Tara to await the coming nexus and the crisis it will bring to Hibernia's capital. There she battles pirates, gun runners, kidnappers, and a ho... more info>> 2006

Words: 213458 - Reading Time: 609-853 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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