tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post5892089502491177032..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Scribbledehobbledehoyden: The Magpie's Eye: Page 138Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-83046014253628520892011-07-18T05:13:44.794-07:002011-07-18T05:13:44.794-07:00I knew John M. Ford only as a presence on _Making ...I knew John M. Ford only as a presence on _Making Light_ comment threads. Eventually I realised his was always the presence that was injecting the most delightful froth into the conversation - his rewrite of Henry the Fifth in the style of Damon Runyon was... <br /><br />Hmmm... I just went looking for that quote about Langford's _The Spear of the Sun_ being "almost pointlessly brilliant", as I like to get my attributions right. It seems to have been said by one Michael Swanwick. How about that?<br /><br />Anyway... I haven't liked all of his writing equally, but _The Last Hot Time_ simply amazed me. It is the ur-text from which all stories of faries in the modern industrial world derive (which implies time travel on his part, I know) and a damned fine Doc Savage story as well.<br /><br />I had no personal connection with him of any sort, but I surely do miss his wit.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.com