John M. Ford Quotes

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 now; they would take place in a different universe.

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

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.

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

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 ambiguity in that presentation.

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 book they’ll give to people they wouldn’t expect to like others.