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labcatsI'm not sure there's anyone reading this who doesn't already know, but Mike Ford, aka John M. Ford is dead. I posted about it here, and what seems to be the closest thing to an online wake is at Making Light.
I am snob for good writing. Mike wrote brilliantly. I did not aspire to write that well. I aspired to understand all the nuances of what he'd written, some day.
He also wrote GURPS Time Travel and The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues for Paranoia, among other gaming products. Steve Jackson wrote about Mike here.
So. Work is stressful. My Mom has dementia. My Dad has various health issues. And, I want to take a week off to rend my garments and weep for the loss of this man I hardly knew.
I am snob for good writing. Mike wrote brilliantly. I did not aspire to write that well. I aspired to understand all the nuances of what he'd written, some day.
He also wrote GURPS Time Travel and The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues for Paranoia, among other gaming products. Steve Jackson wrote about Mike here.
So. Work is stressful. My Mom has dementia. My Dad has various health issues. And, I want to take a week off to rend my garments and weep for the loss of this man I hardly knew.
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