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
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
I think certainly if I'd started getting published when I was in my early twenties, I was quite sheltered then and didn't know anything much about the world. I hadn't had any direct experience of how the world works. Richard K. Morgan directearlyexperience share on social
'Syndicate' is technically the first game I worked on. Richard K. Morgan gamesyndicatetechnically 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
Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Richard K. Morgan authorawhilegood Change image and 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 guess if I was made responsible for every single line of dialogue in a game and every single piece of textual visual detail, every sign or piece of graffiti, then yes, I think that would be comparable to the time and effort required to write a very long novel, indeed. Richard K. Morgan comparabledetaildialogue share on social
In the future, maybe quantum mechanics will teach us something equally chilling about exactly how we exist from moment to moment of what we like to think of as time. Richard K. Morgan chillequallyexist Change image and share on social
