John M. Ford (1957-2006) was a science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet whose work was held in high regard by peers ranging from Neil
Gaiman to Robert Jordan to Jo Walton to Roger Zelazny, alongside innumerable others. ... His debut novel Web of Angels (1980) has been called “cyberpunk
before there was cyberpunk.”
| Pub'd | Series |
|---|
| Web of Angels | 1980 | Pocket, 1980, pb; Tor, 1992, pb |
| The Princes of the Air | 1982 | Timescape/Pocket, 1982, pb; Tor, 1991, pb |
| The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History | 1983 | Timescape, 1983, hc; Avon, 1985, pb; Avon, 1988, pb; Gollancz/Orion, 2002, tp;
Tor, 2020, tp hc ebk; Gollancz, 2020, tp ebk; Tor, 2020, tp hc ebk |
| The Final Reflection: A Star Trek Novel | 1984 | Pocket, 1984, pb; Firecrest/Chivers, 1985, hc; Gregg Press, 1985, hc;
Titan, 1988, pb; Pocket, 1988, pb; Pocket, 1990, pb; Pocket, 1991, pb; Pocket, 1997, hc; Pocket, 1999, pb; Pocket, 2004, tp; |
| How Much for Just the Planet?: A Star Trek Novel | 1987 | Pocket, 1987, pb; Titan, 1987, pb; Pocket, 1988, pb; Pocket/SFBC, 1988, hc;
Pocket, 1990, pb; Pocket, 1996, pb; Pocket, 1999, pb; |
| The Scholars of Night | 1988 | Tor, 1988, hc pb; Tot, 2021, ebk tp |
| Growing Up Weightless | 1993 | Bantam, 1993, tp; Easton Press, 1994, hc; Bantam, 1994, pb; Gateway, 2021, tp ebk |
| The Last Hot Time | 2000 | Tor, 2000, hc; Tor, 2001, tp |
| Aspects | 2021? | Tor, ?2022, ebk |
| Title | Series | Awards | Pub'd | CF | T | FtEotTC | HOF |
|---|
| This, Too, We Reconcile | | | Analog, May 1976 | | | | |
| There Will Be a Sign | | | IASFM, Jan 1978 | | | | |
| On the Q167 File | | | IASFM, Nov 1978 | | | | |
| Double in Brass | | | IASFM, Apr 1979 | | | | |
| L'Envoi | | | IASFM, May 1979 | | | | |
| Stone Crucible | | | IASFM, Aug 1979 | | | | |
| The Adventure of the Solitary Engineer | | | IASFM, Sep 1979 | | | | |
| Mandalay | Alternities Inc. | | IASFM, Oct 1979 | | | FtEotTC | |
| The Sapphire as Big as the Marsport Hilton | | | IASFM, Nov 1979 | | | | |
| Out of Service | Alternities Inc. | | IASFM, Jul 1980 | | | | |
| Hot Pursuit | | | IASFM, Sep 1980 | | | | |
| The Wheels of Dream | | | IASFM, Oct 1980 | | | | |
| As Above, So Below | | | Dragons of Light | | | FtEotTC | |
| Slowly By, Lorena | Alternities Inc. | | IASFM, Nov 1980 | | | | |
| What's Wrong with this Picture? with George H. Scithers and Barry B. Longyear | | | IASFM, Nov 1980 | | | | |
| 1952 Monon Freightyard Blues | | | IASFM, Jan 1981 | | | FtEotTC | |
| The Dark Companion | | | IASFM, Sep 1981 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Intersections | Alternities Inc. | | IASFM, Oct 1981 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Waiting for the Morning Bird | | | IASFM, Nov 1981 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Amy, at the Bottom of the Stairs | | | IASFM, Apr 1982 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Shelter from the Storm | | | IASFM Jul ’82 | | | | HoF |
| The Persecutor's Tale | | | Amazing Nov ’82 | | | | HoF |
| Boundary Echoes | | | Omni, Sep 1983 | | | | |
| Heat of Fusion | | | IASFM Sep ’84 | | | | HoF |
| Scrabble with God | | | IASFM, Oct 1985 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Walkaway Clause | | | IASFM, Dec 1986 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Fugue State | | | Alien Stars III: Under The Wheel, 1987 | | | | |
| Fugue State (expanded) | | | Tor Double, 1990 | | | | |
| Tales from the Original Gothic | | | The Architecture of Fear, 1987 | | | | HoF |
| A Cup of Worrynot Tea | Liavek | | Liavek: The Players of Luck (L #2), 1986 | CF | | | |
| Green is the Colour | Liavek | | Liavek: Wizard's Row (L #3), 1987 | CF | | | |
| Riding the Hammer | Liavek | | Liavek: Spells of Binding (L #4), 1988 | | | FtEotTC | |
| Preflash | | | Silver Scream, 1988 | | | FtEotTC | HoF |
| The Illusionist | Liavek | | Casting Fortune, 1989 | CF | | | |
| Chromatic Aberration | | | Ascent of Wonder, 1994 | | | | HoF |
| The Hemstitch Notebooks | | | IASFM Aug ’89 | | | | HoF |
| All Our Propagation: A Play for Instruments | | | | | | FtEotTC | |
| Dateline: Colonus | | | Temporary Walls, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| The Sixth Finger (screenplay adaptation) | | | The Outer Limits: Volume One, 1995 | | | | |
| Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print | | | Starlight 1, 1996 | | | | HoF |
| Chain Home, Low | | | The Sandman: Book of Dreams, Aug 1996 | | | |
|
| Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail | | | From the End of the Twentieth Century | | | FtEotTC | |
| In the Days of the Comet vi | | | Nature Jun 22, 2000 | | | | HoF |
| Title | Series | Awards | Pub'd | CF | T | FtEotTC | HOF |
|---|
| Eel Island Shoals | Liavek | | Liavek: Wizard's Row (L #3), 1987 | | | |
| Pot-boil Blues | Liavek | | Liavek: Wizard's Row (L #3), 1987 | | | | |
| The Grand Festival: Sestina | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | |
| Divination Day: Invocation | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | |
| Birth Day: Sonnet | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | |
| Procession Day/Remembrance Night: Processional/Recessional | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | | |
| Bazaar Day: Ballad | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | | |
| Festival Day: Catechism | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | | |
| $tar War$ | | | | | | | |
| 110 Stories | | | | | | | |
| 20 Questers | | | Speculative Engineering | | | | HoF |
| A Holiday in the Park | | | | | | | |
| A Little Scene to Monarchize: A Masque of History | | | | | | FtEotTC | |
| And One for My Friend Here, Please | | | | | | | |
| Another Cursed House Story | | | | | | | |
| Cosmology: A User’s Manual | | | IASFM Jan ’90 | | | | HoF |
| Dark Sea | | | Speculative Engineering | | | | HoF |
| Early Morning Pick-Me-Up | | | | | | | |
| In Re Literati | | | | | | | |
| Into the Cold Blackness of Type | | | | | | | |
| Janus: Sonnet | | | Timesteps, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| Letter from Elsinore | | | Timesteps, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| On the Inevitability of Starships | | | Timesteps, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| Restoration Day: Plainsong | Liavek | | Liavek: Festival Week, 1990 | | | FtEotTC | |
| SF Clichés I: Galactic Empires | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Jul ’84 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés II: Psionics | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Nov ’84 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés III: Time Machines | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Jan ’85 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés IV: Space Mercenaries | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Nov ’89 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés IX: Alternate Worlds | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing May ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés V: The Alien | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Jan ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés VI: Immortality | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Jan ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés VII: The Big Computer | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Mar ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés VIII: Starports | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Mar ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés X: The City of Tomorrow | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing May ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés XI: Starships | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Sep ’90 | | | | HoF |
| SF Clichés XII: The End | SF Clichés: A Sonnet Cycle | | Amazing Nov ’90 | | | | HoF |
| Shared World | | | Timesteps, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| The Lost Dialogue: A Reconstruction from Irrecoverable Sources | | | | | | FtEotTC | HoF |
| The Man in the Golden Mask | | | Speculative Engineering | | | | HoF |
| Third Thoughts | | | Timesteps, 1993 | | | | HoF |
| Troy: the Movie | | | | | | FtEotTC | |
| Windows on an Empty Throne | | | Speculative Engineering | | | | HoF |
| Winter Solstice, Camelot Station | | | Invitation to Camelot, 1988 | | | | HoF |
| On Tabletop Universes | IASFM, Apr 1979 |
| On Evenings Beyond the Fields We Know | IASFM, Jul 1979 |
| On a Magazine | IASFM, Jul 1980 |
| On Playing Roles: A Second Look | IASFM, Sep 1980 |
| On Playing Roles: A Third Look | IASFM, Dec 1980 |
| On Opening Night at the Universe: A Personal Voyage to Carl Sagan's Cosmos | IASFM, Feb 1981 |
| And -- On Some Games (1981) | IASFM, May 1981 |
| On the Continuing Adventure: The Fourth Sally | IASFM, Sep 1981 |
| The Incompleat Strategist | Amazing Stories, Nov 1982 |
| The Incompleat Strategist: 2 | Amazing Stories, May 1983 |
| The Strategic View | Amazing Stories, Mar 1984 |
| Letter | Fantasy Review, Dec 1984 |
| Letter | Locus #314, 1987 |
| A Historical Note (The Dragon Waiting) | The Dragon Waiting, 1988 |
| The Rosetta Roseannadetta Stone: Preliminary Translations (after Champollion) of Dingbat-Linear-A | NYRSF, Feb 1990 |
| From the End of the Twentieth Century | FtEotTC, 1997 |
| Rules of Engagement | FtEotTC, 1997 |
| To the Tsiolkovsky Station: Railroads in Growing Up Weightless | FtEotTC, 1997 |
| Roadshow: An Adventure for Traveller | FtEotTC, 1997 |
| Introduction: Take Wooden Nickels | The Avram Davidson Treasury, 1998 |
| Eventful History: Version 1.x | True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier, 2001 |
| Introduction (Adventures in the Dream Trade) | Adventures in the Dream Trade, 2002 |
| Afterword (Sethra Lavode) (2004) | |