Richard J. "Rick" Sutcliffe was born in Calgary, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 in 1947. He currently lives in Bradner

Bradner, British Columbia

Bradner is a community within the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located in a rural northwest region of that city which also includes Mount Lehman. Bradner occupies a height of land above the Fraser River, immediately across which is the community of Silverdale, a part of the...

, a community in Abbotsford

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, with his wife Joyce, and is Professor of Mathematics and Computing Science at Trinity Western University

Trinity Western University

Trinity Western University is a private, Christian liberal arts university located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.The school was founded in 1962 as Trinity Junior College, and now enrolls approximately 4000 students and sits on a campus....

. He is also author of numerous articles, columns, (including The Northern Spy ) and several books, including texts on programming in Modula-2

Modula-2

Modula-2 is a computer programming language designed and developed between 1977 and 1980 by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich as a revision of Pascal to serve as the sole programming language for the operating system and application software for the personal workstation Lilith...

 and ethics (The Fourth Civilization), as well as several alternate history

Alternate history (fiction)

Alternate history or alternative history is a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world. It can be variously seen as a sub-genre of literary fiction, science fiction, and historical fiction; different alternate...

 Christian science fiction

Christian science fiction

Christian science fiction is a subgenre of both Christian literature and science fiction, in which there are strong Christian themes, or which are written from a Christian point of view. These themes may be subtle, expressed by way of analogy, or more explicit. Major influences include early...

 novels. Among many others, he coined the terms New Renaissance, metalibrary

Metalibrary

To quote Richard J. Sutcliffe, who coined the term:More information about this topic can be found in Sutcliffe's book The Fourth Civilization.-References:* The Fourth Civilization -- Technology, Society and Ethics...

, and Fourth Civilization.

Fiction Series

• The Interregnum (An Irish Science Fiction Series)
  • The Peace (2003), ISBN 19-2074-169-0
  • The Friends (2004), ISBN 19-2074-170-4
  • The Exile (2004), ISBN 19-2074-171-2
  • The General (2006) (still eBook only)
  • The Nexus (2006) (still eBook only)

Textbooks

• Modula-2: Abstractions for Data and Programming Structures (2004) ISBN 06-7520-754-1
• The Fourth Civilization—Technology Society and Ethics

External links

• Rick Sutcliffe's Books
• The Northern Spy
• The Fourth Civilization