About the Author: Richard Randon
Richard Randon is a British author with a flair for blending absurdity with cosmic adventures, creating quirky characters and unpredictable situations that are as humorous as they are imaginative. Inspired by the likes of Douglas Adams, Robert Rankin, and other masters of comic sci-fi, Richard’s writing explores the bizarre, the ridiculous, and the utterly hilarious side of life—whether on Earth or in the farthest reaches of the galaxy.
Richard’s debut novel, Strange Beer: An Intergalactic Catastrophe, launched the Strange Beer trilogy, a series born from his deep appreciation for offbeat humour, the chaos of everyday life, and the boundless possibilities that science fiction provides. The trilogy features a lovable bunch of misfits, dreamers, and reluctant heroes, always finding themselves in absurd situations that they somehow navigate with wit and charm.
In addition to comic science fiction, Richard Randon also writes more serious, thought-provoking sci-fi exploring themes such as identity, memory, environmental collapse, and humanity’s future. His serious works are noted for their emotional depth, speculative vision, and careful attention to world-building—revealing a more reflective side to his writing.
Richard Randon is a pen name—chosen because it sounds far more intriguing than his actual one. He resides in the “Nether Regions” of the Netherlands with his lovely wife and their dignified overlord, Alfie the cat (who graciously allows Richard to write, between naps). An unashamed devotee of the late, great Douglas Adams, Richard is on a mission to bring absurdity, wit, and delightfully improbable adventures to readers everywhere. Expect nonsense, British humour, and a dash of the surreal in every tale.
When he’s not writing, Richard enjoys long walks in his imagination, where the rules of reality are often more like suggestions. He is currently at work on further adventures in the Strange Beer universe, as well as standalone projects that explore the more serious side of speculative fiction.
