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John M. Ford
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John M. Ford
John Milo "Mike" Ford (April 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_10), 1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957) September 25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_25), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-1)) was an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA) science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) and fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy) writer, game designer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_designer), and poet.
Ford's works are characterised by an aversion to doing things that have been done before. This attitude is perhaps most notable in his two Star Trek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek) novels, The Final Reflection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Reflection) and How Much for Just the Planet? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_for_Just_the_Planet%3F) The Final Reflection is the story of a small group of Klingons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon) who prevent a war between the Klingon Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_Empire) and the Federation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets) while the regular heroes of the series are all relegated to cameo appearances. How Much for Just the Planet? is a Star Trek musical comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_comedy). Both novels present the Klingons in a far more unbiased light, thus revealing them as more than just the story's token evil menace of the week, while giving strong hints that the United Federation of Planets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets) is not quite the shining utopia of goodwill and interspecies fellowship generally depicted in the television series.
Ford avoided repetition not only of the work of others, but also of his own work. Where many writers make a name for themselves by developing a known style that repeats in many works, Ford always surprised with his ability to use a variety of styles that best suited the world, characters, and situations he had chosen to write about. In some ways this might have limited his readership, as many people prefer to repeat a known experience when they purchase works by the same author.
Contents
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1 Bibliography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Bibliography)
2 Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Awards)
3 Nominations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Nominations)
4 Footnotes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Footnotes)
5 External links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#External_links) //
Bibliography
Web of Angels (1980), an early exploration of some topics that would later be described as cyberpunk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk)
The Princes of the Air (1982), a space opera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera)
The Dragon Waiting (1983), which won the 1984 World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award); an historical fantasy, it combines vampires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire), the Medicis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici), and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England) and Richard III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England)
The Final Reflection (1984), a Star Trek tie-in novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#Novels)
The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Clearance_Black_Box_Blues) (1985), an adventure for the Paranoia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_%28role-playing_game%29) roleplaying game
How Much for Just the Planet? (1987), a Star Trek tie-in novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#Novels)
The Scholars of Night (1988), a thriller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller)
Casting Fortune (collection) (1989), stories set in the Liavek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liavek) shared world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_world)
Fugue State (1990), a longer version of the novella of the same name, published as "Tor SF Double No. 25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Double_Novels)" with The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe)
GURPS Time Travel (1991), with Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29), a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game
Growing Up Weightless (1993), which won the 1993 Philip K. Dick Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick_Award); a Bildungsroman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildungsroman) set on a human-colonized Moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon)
Timesteps (1993), a selection of poems
From the End of the Twentieth Century (collection) (1997)
GURPS Y2K (1999), with Steve Jackson et. al (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/y2k/)., a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game
The Last Hot Time (2000), urban fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_fantasy) set in a magical Chicago, Illinois (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%2C_Illinois)
GURPS Traveller: Starports (2000), a resource book for the GURPS Traveller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_%28role-playing_game%29) roleplaying game
Heat of Fusion and Other Stories (collection) (2004), finalist for the World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award) in 2005
GURPS Infinite Worlds (2005), with Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29) and Kenneth Hite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Hite), a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game He also published a variety of short fiction starting in 1975, from very short stories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story) that are essentially fantastic jokes, to novellas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella) revealing a deep understanding of human frailties and emotions. His poem, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" won the World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award) for Short Fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction) in 1989[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-2).
In addition to his fiction work, he wrote a number of RPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game) books and articles, including GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) supplements, Klingon manuals for the Star Trek RPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_RPG_%28FASA%29), and the adventure module The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Clearance_Black_Box_Blues) for Paranoia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_%28role-playing_game%29). His RPG articles appeared in Autoduel Quarterly, Pyramid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_%28magazine%29), Roleplayer, and Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society.
He published some children's fiction under pseudonyms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym) that he did not make public, but two of them, "Michael J. Dodge" and "Milo Dennison", were open secrets. [4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-3)
In The Final Reflection he described a chess-like game played by Klingons, klin zha, which has been adopted by Klingon fandom.
Awards
2005 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Role-Playing Game Supplement of the Year[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-4) GURPS Infinite Worlds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds) 4th Edition, Steve Jackson GamesDesigned by Kenneth Hite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Hite), Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29), and John M. Ford
1998 Minnesota Book Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_Book_Award&action=edit) for Fantasy & Science Fiction[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-5) From the End of the Twentieth Century
1993 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick_Memorial_Award) Growing Up Weightless
1991 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Best Roleplaying Supplement[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-6) GURPS Time Travel, Steve Jackson GamesWritten by Steve Jackson and John M. Ford
1989 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"Invitation to Camelot, edited by Parke Godwin
1989 Rhysling Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhysling_Award) for Long Poem[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-7) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"Invitation to Camelot, edited by Parke Godwin
1985 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Best Roleplaying Supplement The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues
1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Novel) The Dragon Waiting
Nominations
2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Collection) Heat of Fusion and Other Stories
1996 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novelette)[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-8) "Erase/Record/Play"Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden)
1996 Theodore Sturgeon Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Sturgeon_Award)[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-9) "Erase/Record/Play"Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden)
1995 Rhysling Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhysling_Award) for Long Poems[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-10) "Troy: The Movie"Weird Tales, Spring 1994
1991 Rhysling Award for Long Poems[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-11) "Bazaar Day: Ballad"Liavek: Festival Week edited by Will Shetterly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shetterly) and Emma Bull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Bull)"Cosmology: A Users Manual"Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1990
1990 Rhysling Award for Long Poems[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-12) "A Holiday in the Park"Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989
1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette final ballot [14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-13) "Fugue State"Under the Wheel edited by Elizabeth Mitchell
Footnotes
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-0) Making Light: John M. Ford, 1957-2006 (http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008033.html#008033)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-1) Daily Illuminator article (http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archives.html?y=2006&m=September&d=26)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-2) 1989 World Fantasy Awards (http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1989.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-3) NESFA Bibliography (http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/b34/fordbib.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-4) The 32nd Annual Origins Awards (http://www.originsgames.com/awards)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-5) 1998 Minnesota Book Awards Finalists and Winners (http://www.thinkmhc.org/Book/1998.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-6) GURPS Time Travel (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/TimeTravel/index.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-7) SFPA Grand Masters and Rhysling Winners (http://www.sfpoetry.com/rhyswin.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-8) Nebula Award Final Ballots from the 1990s (http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/90s.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-9) The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (http://www2.ku.edu/%7Esfcenter/sturgeon.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-10) The 1995 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling95.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-11) The 1991 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling91.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-12) The 1990 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling90.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-13) Nebula Final Ballots from the 1980s (http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/80s.html) External links
John M. Ford (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?John_M._Ford) at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)
An Introduction to John M. Ford (http://qwertyranch.blogspot.com/2005/09/introduction-to-john-m-ford.html) by Will Shetterly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shetterly)
110 Stories (http://www.110stories.us/), a poem written about the September 11 attacks.
John M. Ford (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1545) at the Pen & Paper RPG Database (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php)
Obituary by John Clute (http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1772294.ece)
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John M. Ford
John Milo "Mike" Ford (April 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_10), 1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957) September 25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_25), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-1)) was an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA) science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) and fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy) writer, game designer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_designer), and poet.
Ford's works are characterised by an aversion to doing things that have been done before. This attitude is perhaps most notable in his two Star Trek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek) novels, The Final Reflection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Reflection) and How Much for Just the Planet? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_for_Just_the_Planet%3F) The Final Reflection is the story of a small group of Klingons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon) who prevent a war between the Klingon Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_Empire) and the Federation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets) while the regular heroes of the series are all relegated to cameo appearances. How Much for Just the Planet? is a Star Trek musical comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_comedy). Both novels present the Klingons in a far more unbiased light, thus revealing them as more than just the story's token evil menace of the week, while giving strong hints that the United Federation of Planets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets) is not quite the shining utopia of goodwill and interspecies fellowship generally depicted in the television series.
Ford avoided repetition not only of the work of others, but also of his own work. Where many writers make a name for themselves by developing a known style that repeats in many works, Ford always surprised with his ability to use a variety of styles that best suited the world, characters, and situations he had chosen to write about. In some ways this might have limited his readership, as many people prefer to repeat a known experience when they purchase works by the same author.
Contents
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1 Bibliography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Bibliography)
2 Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Awards)
3 Nominations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Nominations)
4 Footnotes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#Footnotes)
5 External links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#External_links) //
Bibliography
Web of Angels (1980), an early exploration of some topics that would later be described as cyberpunk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk)
The Princes of the Air (1982), a space opera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera)
The Dragon Waiting (1983), which won the 1984 World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award); an historical fantasy, it combines vampires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire), the Medicis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici), and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England) and Richard III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England)
The Final Reflection (1984), a Star Trek tie-in novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#Novels)
The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Clearance_Black_Box_Blues) (1985), an adventure for the Paranoia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_%28role-playing_game%29) roleplaying game
How Much for Just the Planet? (1987), a Star Trek tie-in novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#Novels)
The Scholars of Night (1988), a thriller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller)
Casting Fortune (collection) (1989), stories set in the Liavek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liavek) shared world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_world)
Fugue State (1990), a longer version of the novella of the same name, published as "Tor SF Double No. 25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Double_Novels)" with The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe)
GURPS Time Travel (1991), with Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29), a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game
Growing Up Weightless (1993), which won the 1993 Philip K. Dick Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick_Award); a Bildungsroman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildungsroman) set on a human-colonized Moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon)
Timesteps (1993), a selection of poems
From the End of the Twentieth Century (collection) (1997)
GURPS Y2K (1999), with Steve Jackson et. al (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/y2k/)., a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game
The Last Hot Time (2000), urban fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_fantasy) set in a magical Chicago, Illinois (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%2C_Illinois)
GURPS Traveller: Starports (2000), a resource book for the GURPS Traveller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_%28role-playing_game%29) roleplaying game
Heat of Fusion and Other Stories (collection) (2004), finalist for the World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award) in 2005
GURPS Infinite Worlds (2005), with Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29) and Kenneth Hite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Hite), a resource book for the GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) roleplaying game He also published a variety of short fiction starting in 1975, from very short stories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story) that are essentially fantastic jokes, to novellas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella) revealing a deep understanding of human frailties and emotions. His poem, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" won the World Fantasy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award) for Short Fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction) in 1989[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-2).
In addition to his fiction work, he wrote a number of RPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game) books and articles, including GURPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS) supplements, Klingon manuals for the Star Trek RPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_RPG_%28FASA%29), and the adventure module The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Clearance_Black_Box_Blues) for Paranoia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_%28role-playing_game%29). His RPG articles appeared in Autoduel Quarterly, Pyramid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_%28magazine%29), Roleplayer, and Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society.
He published some children's fiction under pseudonyms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym) that he did not make public, but two of them, "Michael J. Dodge" and "Milo Dennison", were open secrets. [4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-3)
In The Final Reflection he described a chess-like game played by Klingons, klin zha, which has been adopted by Klingon fandom.
Awards
2005 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Role-Playing Game Supplement of the Year[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-4) GURPS Infinite Worlds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds) 4th Edition, Steve Jackson GamesDesigned by Kenneth Hite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Hite), Steve Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US%29), and John M. Ford
1998 Minnesota Book Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_Book_Award&action=edit) for Fantasy & Science Fiction[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-5) From the End of the Twentieth Century
1993 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick_Memorial_Award) Growing Up Weightless
1991 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Best Roleplaying Supplement[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-6) GURPS Time Travel, Steve Jackson GamesWritten by Steve Jackson and John M. Ford
1989 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"Invitation to Camelot, edited by Parke Godwin
1989 Rhysling Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhysling_Award) for Long Poem[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-7) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"Invitation to Camelot, edited by Parke Godwin
1985 Origins Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award) for Best Roleplaying Supplement The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues
1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Novel) The Dragon Waiting
Nominations
2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award_for_Best_Collection) Heat of Fusion and Other Stories
1996 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novelette)[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-8) "Erase/Record/Play"Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden)
1996 Theodore Sturgeon Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Sturgeon_Award)[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-9) "Erase/Record/Play"Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden)
1995 Rhysling Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhysling_Award) for Long Poems[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-10) "Troy: The Movie"Weird Tales, Spring 1994
1991 Rhysling Award for Long Poems[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-11) "Bazaar Day: Ballad"Liavek: Festival Week edited by Will Shetterly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shetterly) and Emma Bull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Bull)"Cosmology: A Users Manual"Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1990
1990 Rhysling Award for Long Poems[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-12) "A Holiday in the Park"Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989
1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette final ballot [14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_note-13) "Fugue State"Under the Wheel edited by Elizabeth Mitchell
Footnotes
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-0) Making Light: John M. Ford, 1957-2006 (http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008033.html#008033)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-1) Daily Illuminator article (http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archives.html?y=2006&m=September&d=26)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-2) 1989 World Fantasy Awards (http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1989.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-3) NESFA Bibliography (http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/b34/fordbib.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-4) The 32nd Annual Origins Awards (http://www.originsgames.com/awards)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-5) 1998 Minnesota Book Awards Finalists and Winners (http://www.thinkmhc.org/Book/1998.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-6) GURPS Time Travel (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/TimeTravel/index.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-7) SFPA Grand Masters and Rhysling Winners (http://www.sfpoetry.com/rhyswin.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-8) Nebula Award Final Ballots from the 1990s (http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/90s.html)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-9) The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (http://www2.ku.edu/%7Esfcenter/sturgeon.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-10) The 1995 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling95.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-11) The 1991 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling91.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-12) The 1990 Rhysling Anthology and Awards (http://www.sfpoetry.com/archive/rhysling90.htm)
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Ford#_ref-13) Nebula Final Ballots from the 1980s (http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/80s.html) External links
John M. Ford (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?John_M._Ford) at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)
An Introduction to John M. Ford (http://qwertyranch.blogspot.com/2005/09/introduction-to-john-m-ford.html) by Will Shetterly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shetterly)
110 Stories (http://www.110stories.us/), a poem written about the September 11 attacks.
John M. Ford (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1545) at the Pen & Paper RPG Database (http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php)
Obituary by John Clute (http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1772294.ece)