Richard K. Morgan
Richard K. Morgan
Richard Morganis an English science fiction and fantasy author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
stars memories reality
For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars consume themselves, the universe itself rushes apart, and we ourselves are composed of matter in constant flux. Colonies of cells in temporary alliance, replicating and decaying and housed within, an incandescent cloud of electrical impulse and precariously stacked carbon code memory. This is reality, this is self knowledge, and the perception of it will, of course, make you dizzy.
war bad-relationship want
War is like any other bad relationship. Of course you want out, but at what price? And perhaps more importantly, once you get out, will you be any better off?" - Quellcrist Falconer
sometimes enough
Take what is offered and that must sometimes be enough.
writing texture trends
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.
culture smog breathe
Culture is like a smog. To live within it, you must breathe some of it in and, inevitably, be contaminated.
honesty years fiction
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.
teaching other-cultures doe
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.
writing thinking definitions
I think by definition you need to have lived a little bit to write anything that's humanly true.
libraries local visits
I remember visits to the local libraries and getting my own library cards as things of rite-of-passage significance.