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
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
'Syndicate' is technically the first game I worked on. Richard K. Morgan gamesyndicatetechnically Change image and share on social
Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching abroad. Richard K. Morgan abroadauthorawhile 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
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 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
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
