Lyndon Hardy

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

Biography

He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.^[1] He attended California Institute of Technology as an undergraduate and the University of California Berkeley for his Ph.D.^[2]

In his college years, he became fascinated with fantasy literature. In addition to being a fantasy author, he started a computer consulting company named Alodar Systems Inc. that, among other things, helped develop the Isis intelligence tool for medical research. 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 half-time.^[3]

Bibliography

• Master of the Five Magics (1980)
• Secret of the Sixth Magic (1984)^[4]
• Riddle of the Seven Realms (1988)

References

1. "Science Fiction Writers of America Member Directory". Science Fiction Writers of America. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. "Linked In entry for Lyndon Hardy". Linked In. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
3. Crowe, Jerry (2010-12-26), "Fifty Years Ago, Caltech Pulled Off a Prank for the Memory Banks at Rose Bowl", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2010-12-27
4. "Paperback best sellers". New York Times. September 9, 1984. Retrieved 6 March 2010.

External links

• Alodar Systems
• Lyndon Hardy at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database