Rick Sutcliffe was born in Calgary, Alberta, and still thinks it one of the best places on earth, except for the winters. He also considers it a point of honour to spell words like neighbour, centre, and metre Canadian style, and to resist editors who want to change it. In his fiction, they run two of them, but are as fractious as they are on this earth. Ortho Earth, where The Interregnum series is set, is also called Greater Hibernia. So, call it Irish fiction, if you like.
Celtic fiction has a strong emphasis on the heroic, especially in the battle between good and evil.
More information on Celtic fiction and its relationship to Rick Sutcliffe's fiction may be found here . Much of what defines the latter depends on computing technology. This book is a text suitable for a fourth-year course in the social implications of technology for computing and other science majors, and also as general reading. It is written from a Christian point of view and focuses on Christian integration of faith and discipline and across disciplines. He designed the universe and all its knowledge as a well-sculpted, good, pleasing, unified whole for his own glory.