Moran, Richard
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1942-2009) US author whose Near Future Disaster thrillers – beginning with Cold Sea Rising (1986), in which volcanic action melts the Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic – usually import Technothriller elements into their storylines, giving room for heroic action which turns the tables. Novels of this sort include Dallas Down (1988) and the Meade sequence comprising The Empire of Ice (1994) and Earth Winter (1995), in which volcanic action has caused Earth temperatures to plummet. Fortunately, the scientific exploits of the married couple who carry the action manage to save the world by building hundreds of enclosed Keeps, diverting the Gulf Stream, melting all the excess ice. [JC]
Richard Jerome Moran
born New York: 15 October 1942
died Carson City, Nevada: 15 October 2009
works
series
Meade
- The Empire of Ice (New York: Tor/Forge, 1994) [Meade: hb/Tim Jacobus]
- Earth Winter (New York: Tor/Forge, 1995) [Meade: hb/Tim Jacobus]
individual titles
- Cold Sea Rising (New York: Arbor House, 1986) [hb/Don Brautigam]
- Dallas Down (New York: Arbor House, 1988) [hb/Don Brautigam]
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