Richard Bintanja is a Dutch climate scientist who has written several novels, originally in Dutch. His expeditions to Antarctica were the inspiration for his first novel. Although ...view moreRichard Bintanja is a Dutch climate scientist who has written several novels, originally in Dutch. His expeditions to Antarctica were the inspiration for his first novel. Although there are many commonalities, the basis for his second novel lies much closer to home.
The Ultimate Brainchild is the translation of Richard Bintanja's second novel. This book may reverberate in your mind for a while... It is a carefully composed futuristic story, in which the author explores the origin of our thoughts and ideas. He shows us parallels between the tangible and the realm of our thoughts, in which ideas come to life. Richard Bintanja has a wonderful talent for placing the small, trivial and coincidental side by side with the philosophical, universal and logical.
Books authored by Richard Bintanja:
Poolreizen, novel (in Dutch), ISBN 9057869020, 2006.
Gedachtenrijk, novel (in Dutch), ISBN 9789081826402, 2011.
Zoeken naar Stilte, stort stories (in Dutch), ISBN 9789081826402, 2013.
De eerste mens – Het verleden voorbij (part 1), novel (in Dutch), ISBN 9789461851178, 2015.
De eerste mens – Onvoltooide herinneringen (part 2), novel (in Dutch), 2017, In progress.
The Ultimate Brainchild, 2017, May 2017.
De eerste mens – Title still unknown (part 3), novel (in Dutch), 2019, planned.
Richard is also the publisher MaRiSuDa. Besides some of Richard's own work, MaRiSuDa has published the following:
Door de kou bevangen. Vijftig jaar Nederlands onderzoek in de Poolgebieden, ISBN: 978-90-818264-2-6, 2016view less