John M. Ford (1957–2006)
Författare till The Dragon Waiting
Om författaren
John M. Ford is the author of eight novels and dozens of short stories. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Särskiljningsinformation:
(eng) Ford wrote Voyage to Adventure under the pseudonym Michael J. Dodge
Foto taget av: John M. Ford, 2003. Photo by David Dyer-Bennet / Wikimedia Commons.
Serier
Verk av John M. Ford
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 3, No. 10 [October 1979] (1979) — Bidragsgivare — 15 exemplar
Double Paranoia: Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues and Vapours Don't Shoot Back (Paranoia - the roleplaying game) (1986) 15 exemplar
Chromatic Aberration 4 exemplar
Winter Solstice, Camelot Station {poem} 4 exemplar
Preflash [short fiction] 4 exemplar
Heat of Fusion [short story] 4 exemplar
Erase/record/play 4 exemplar
The Persecutor's Tale 3 exemplar
Mandalay 3 exemplar
Green Is The Color 3 exemplar
Intersections 3 exemplar
Fugue State 3 exemplar
Chain Home Low 2 exemplar
As Above, So Below 2 exemplar
Tales from the Original Gothic {short story} 2 exemplar
Waiting for the Morning Bird {short story} 2 exemplar
The Dark Companion {short story} 2 exemplar
All Our Propagation {short story} 1 exemplar
The Illusionist {short story} 1 exemplar
A Cup of Worrynot Tea {short story} 1 exemplar
Riding the Hammer {short story} 1 exemplar
Scrabble with God {short story} 1 exemplar
Walkaway Clause {short story} 1 exemplar
Klingon Game Operations Manual, The 1 exemplar
The Adventure of the Solitary Engineer 1 exemplar
Grim's Fairy Cabaret Live 1 exemplar
Driving North 1 exemplar
Boundary Echoes 1 exemplar
Klingon Star Fleet Intelligence Manual, The 1 exemplar
A Short HIstory of Motion Pictures to 1600 1 exemplar
The Hemstitch Notebooks {short story} 1 exemplar
Shelter from the Storm {short story} 1 exemplar
Dateline: Colonus {short story} 1 exemplar
1952 Monon Freightyard Blues {short story} 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 5 (May 1976) (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 22 exemplar
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 3, No. 7 [July 1979] (1979) — Författare — 19 exemplar
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 7 [July 1982] (1982) — Bidragsgivare — 16 exemplar
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 10 [October 1985] (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 12 [December 1986] (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 4, No. 9 [September 1980] (1980) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
Boskone 34 Program Book — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Ford, John Milo
- Andra namn
- Dodge, Michael J.
Dennison, Milo
Ford, John M. "Mike" - Födelsedag
- 1957-04-10
- Avled
- 2006-09-25
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- East Chicago, Indiana, USA
- Dödsort
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Whiting, Indiana, USA
New York, New York, USA - Utbildning
- Indiana University, Bloomington
- Yrken
- science fiction writer
game designer
poet - Relationer
- Matthesen, Elise (partner)
- Särskiljningsnotis
- Ford wrote Voyage to Adventure under the pseudonym Michael J. Dodge
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Series of SF short stories parallel universe travel company disaster strands people in infinte corri i Name that Book (oktober 2012)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 72
- Även av
- 45
- Medlemmar
- 5,377
- Popularitet
- #4,635
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 105
- ISBN
- 93
- Språk
- 5
- Favoritmärkt
- 22
The geographical scope ranges from Wales not long after the end of the reign of Owain Glyn Dŵr (Owen Glendower, d. 1415) to the last days of Byzantium in 1453; and from Renaissance Milan (Sforza and Medici families), to England during The War of the Roses.
Yes, it's a fantasy, with vampires, wizards and magic, but also real-life physicians, courtiers, kings, and soldiers, all of whom are convincingly portrayed as main characters as well as the "extras".
The individual stories were interesting, and the threads that were pulled together to weave the fate of Britain were intricate and sometimes elusive, but the author maintained a good sense of drama and believable detail.
Nonetheless, the conclusion was ultimately unsatisfying to me because the characters who were most invested in the fate of Wales had a trajectory from the beginning that was not compatible with its final, historical, end-point in the book.
*Henry Tydder is a kind of mangled version of the name of the victor of the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 who became Henry VII.
The English is Henry Tudor; the Welsh, Harri Tudur.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-history-month-harri-tudu.....
PG-13: some mild sexual innuendo and situations; violence, although not too graphic.… (mer)