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16 quotes by John M. Ford

Dr. Mike at Minicon 38 in 2003 John Milo "Mike" Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 25, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. Ford was regarded (and obituaries, tributes and memories describe him) as an extraordinarily intelligent, erudite and witty man. He was a popular contributor to several online discussions. He composed poems, often improvised, in both complicated forms and blank verse, notably...
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Naturally, the reader has access only to the events I show and the way I show them, but as has been said, there's generally a good deal of... →

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There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

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Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in... →

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At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to... →

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Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

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I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

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If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.

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Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

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The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.

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The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

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We're not lost. We're locationally challenged.

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I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a... →

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People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek... →

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