Lyndon Mauriece Hardy is an American physicist, fantasy author, and business owner.

Biography

Hardy is a member of the

Science Fiction Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While ...

. He attended

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

as an undergraduate and the

University of California Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

for his Ph.D. In his college years, he became fascinated with fantasy literature. In addition to being a fantasy author, he worked for 30 years at the aerospace company TRW, and started a computer consulting company named Alodar Systems Inc. that, among other things, helped develop intelligence tools for medical research and enterprise resource planning software for small businesses. He is married and has two daughters. In 1961, Hardy masterminded the Great Rose Bowl Hoax, in which Caltech students rearranged the cards used by Washington to spell out words during halftime.

Bibliography

Magic by the Numbers

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Master of the Five Magics ''Master of the Five Magics'' is a fantasy novel by Lyndon Hardy, first published in 1980. It is the first of a trilogy set in the same world; the second book is ''Secret of the Sixth Magic'' and the third ''Riddle of the Seven Realms''. The boo ...

'' (1980), reissued in modified form in 2016 # '' Secret of the Sixth Magic'' (1984), reissued in modified form in 2016 # ''

Riddle of the Seven Realms ''Master of the Five Magics'' is a fantasy novel by Lyndon Hardy, first published in 1980. It is the first of a trilogy set in the same world; the second book is ''Secret of the Sixth Magic'' and the third ''Riddle of the Seven Realms''. The boo ...

'' (1988), reissued in modified form in 2016 # ''

The Archimage's Fourth Daughter ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (2017) # ''

Magic Times Three Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

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Double Magic In nuclear physics, a magic number is a number of nucleons (either protons or neutrons, separately) such that they are arranged into complete shells within the atomic nucleus. As a result, atomic nuclei with a 'magic' number of protons or neutro ...

'' (2020) * "Double Magic" (2019; novelette; Island Magic #1)

References

External links

Alodar Systems
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardy, Lyndon 1941 births 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers California Institute of Technology alumni Living people 20th-century American male writers