Book Quote by John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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…

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

“Askade took the battertoast, looked at it blearily. "I can't rewire it into a death ray without some extra parts," he said, and took…

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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…

— John M. Ford

Observe, don't imitate.

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford

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

— John M. Ford