For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds. Richard K. Morgan bedtimeconflictcorruption share on social
Science casts a long black shadow back over who we think we are, and where it falls the temperature falls with it. Its touch is chilly and unforgiving. Richard K. Morgan backblackcast Change image and share on social
A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely. Richard K. Morgan condensegraphicnicely Change image and share on social
As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. Richard K. Morgan adultbookchild Change image and share on social
Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal. Richard K. Morgan behaviorevolutionaryfrankly Change image and share on social
I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form - for one thing, you're able to go all-out on the imaginative front, with a lot less concern for the usual unities of time and space and character. Richard K. Morgan advantagecharacterconcern share on social
Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the tale you're telling. Richard K. Morgan carecrankfantasy Change image and share on social
I've been accused countless times of writing gloomy futures. But to me, the texture of my sci-fi just feels like an extrapolation of current trends. Richard K. Morgan accusecountlesscurrent Change image and share on social
'Syndicate' is technically the first game I worked on. Richard K. Morgan gamesyndicatetechnically Change image and share on social
I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults. Richard K. Morgan adultbookchild Change image and share on social
