John M. Ford
John Milo "Mike" Ford (* 10. April 1957 in East Chicago , Indiana ; † 25. September 2006 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American science fiction - and fantasy - writer , poet and game designer .
Life
John M. Ford grew up in Whiting , Indiana and attended Indiana University Bloomington in the 1970s , where he was a member of the local SF Club and served with the Society for Creative Anachronism (as Miles Atherton de Gray). He left the university and moved to New York in 1978 because he could work there for the newly founded Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine . In addition to other short stories, he published countless articles and poetry there before he went to Minneapolis in 1990.
As early as 1975, Ford published a few short stories in the magazines Analog , Omni and Asimov's Science Fiction . The first novel Web Of Angels was an early example of cyberpunk , while The Princes Of The Air is a space opera was and The Dragon Waiting a fantasy - alternate history , the 1984 World Fantasy Award won. He received this again in 1989 for the short story Winter Solstice, Camelot Station . Ford received the Philip K. Dick Award a decade later for Growing Up Weightless . In his two novels from the Star Trek world, he gave the Klingons a different role than that of the dumb villains of the first television series and thus created the basis for their role in later series; later he wrote various additional texts for Star Trek role-playing games in which he deals with the Klingons. He drew maps for novels from the cycle The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan .
In addition to his novels , he wrote other books with GURPS role- playing games and took part in the Liavek Shared World project . He won the Origins Award for the best RPG material three times. In 1998 he won the Rhysling Award for poetry . Some children's books were published by him under a pseudonym that was never known.
John M. Ford suffered from severe diabetes and kidney failure as a result, from childhood . In 2000, after years of dialysis , his life was significantly improved by a kidney transplant , before he was found dead at his desk on September 25, 2006 by his long-time partner.
bibliography
- Web of Angels . 1980
- On Writing Science Fiction: The Editors Strike Back , 1981 (with Darrell Schweitzer and George H. Scithers, ISBN 1-880448-78-5 , guide book on SF short story writing)
- The Princes of the Air . 1982
- The Dragon Waiting . 1983; German as: The throne of the dragon . Goldmann, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-442-23933-8
- The Final Reflection . 1984; German as: The last move . Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02779-5 (Star Trek novel)
- How Much for Just the Planet? . 1987; German as: What does this planet cost? . Heyne, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-05844-5 (Star Trek novel)
- The Scholars of Night . 1988
- Casting Fortune . (Short story collection from the Liavek universe) 1989
- Growing Up Weightless . 1993
- Timesteps . (Collection of poetry) 1993
- From the End of the Twentieth Century . (Collection of essays, poetry and short stories) 1997
- The Last Hot Time . 2000
- Heat of Fusion and Other Stories . (Collection of short stories) 2004
Web links
- Literature by and about John M. Ford in the catalog of the German National Library
- John M. Ford in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about John M. Ford at Open Library
- An introduction to John M. Ford ( July 18, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive ) by Will Shetterly
- 110 Stories , a poem written about the September 11 attacks.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ford, John M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ford, John Milo (full name); Ford, Mike (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction and fantasy writer, lyric poet, and game designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Chicago , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2006 |
| Place of death | Minneapolis , Minnesota |