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Douglas E. Richards

Author of Wired

29 Works 2,128 Members 218 Reviews 4 Favorited

About the Author

Douglas E. Richards is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of Wired, its sequel Amped, The Cure, Mind's Eye, Quantum Lens and six other middle grade adventures. He incorporates action, suspense, and science into his novels. He earned a BS in microbiology from Ohio State university, show more a master's degree in genetic engineering from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He put all that knowledge to work as a biotech executive. He soon began writing science fiction. In recognition of his work, Douglas was selected to be a "special guest" at San Diego Comic-Con International, along with such icons as Stan Lee and Ray Bradbury. He has written numerous feature articles for the award-winning magazine, National Geographic KIDS. His title Split Second made the Self-Published Best Seller List in 2017. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Douglas E. Richards

Wired (2010) 613 copies
Split Second (2015) 209 copies
Mind's Eye (2014) 177 copies
Amped (2012) 168 copies
Trapped (2005) 114 copies
Brain Web (2015) 103 copies
Quantum Lens (2014) 83 copies
Infinity Born (2017) 68 copies
Captured (2007) 66 copies
The Enigma Cube (2020) 63 copies
Game Changer (2016) 62 copies
Seeker (2018) 54 copies
The Cure (2013) 54 copies
Out of This World (2012) 47 copies
Stranded (2010) 39 copies
Time Frame (2018) 33 copies
A Pivot In Time (2020) 26 copies
The Immortality Code (2021) 20 copies
Portals (2022) 19 copies
Mind War (2016) 19 copies
The Devil's Sword (2010) 13 copies
Veracity (2019) 12 copies
Oracle (2019) 8 copies
Unidentified 6 copies

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Legal name
Richards, Douglas Elliot
Birthdate
1962-05-07
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
California, USA
Education
University of Chicago (MBA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (MS - Molecular Biology)
Ohio State University (BS- Microbiology)
Occupations
science fiction writer
biotechnology executive
Short biography
Douglas is an ex-biotechnology executive who has written extensively for National Geographic KIDS magazine and American Fencing Magazine. He has a wife of 18 years, a boy and a girl, and two dogs.

Douglas is the author of The Prometheus Project Series, TRAPPED, CAPTURED, and STRANDED. The books were reissued with new covers (and in the case of CAPTURED, a bonus chapter) in May of 2010.

Douglas E. Richards (born May 7, 1962) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction and both nonfiction and fiction for children.

Richards grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Finneytown High School, in Ohio, in 1980. He obtained a B.S. in microbiology from Ohio State University before getting a master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He currently lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and two children.

George Noory wrote, "Douglas E. Richards has been widely praised for his ability to weave action, suspense, and science into riveting novels that brilliantly straddle the thriller and science fiction genres."

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Based on the premise of realising the huge potential of our brains, I actually quite enjoyed this technothriller and found myself being drawn back to read more. It is a bit clumsy at times in terms of style, it has good creativity, the characters are well defined, but it is a bit too cheesy.
 
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gianouts | 101 other reviews | Jul 5, 2023 |
An enjoyable read with an interesting reality that builds on a number of technologies that already exist (albeit in a more primitive manner).
 
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gianouts | 3 other reviews | Jul 5, 2023 |
Richards, Douglas E. Wired. E-book ed., Paragon Press, 2012. Wired 1.
In Wired, a bioengineer creates a pill that briefly enhances mental acuity while amping up any sociopathic tendencies you may have. In short, it is a pill that produces mad scientists in a hurry. Villains chase the engineer with the recipe. Can a retired special ops soldier save her? Wired aims to be a thriller with the pace of a Tom Clancy novel, but Douglas E. Richards has not solved the exposition problem. In long, talky passages, characters tell each other what they should already know—three stars.… (more)
 
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Tom-e | 101 other reviews | Jun 6, 2023 |
Just finished "The Immortality Code". Thank you so much for the analogies. I feel like I finally have a VERY basic understanding of some of the quantum entanglement and higher dimensional thinking (the jack card can only see one piece of the paper). I read "The Grand Biocentric Design" earlier this year and I couldn't wrap my head around some of the concepts. You did an outstanding job!
 
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Works
29
Members
2,128
Popularity
#12,099
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
218
ISBNs
62
Languages
4
Favorited
4

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