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Adam Ford

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born
May 12, 1972

gender
male

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
James Tate, Nick Earls, Stephen Dobyns, Earl Mac Raunch, Wes Anderson, Grant Morrison, Bernard Cohen, Jas H Duke, Matt Fraction, Kylie Tennant

member since
July 2007


about this author

Adam Ford was born in Ballarat, lived in Melbourne and moved to a small town called Chewton to live with his wife, their daughter, five chickens and a cat.

He has edited various literary journals including Going Down Swinging, overland express, &, moments, Voiceworks, and the zine anthology Chimp Frenzy.

His poems and stories have appeared online and in print journals including cordite, Normal Service Will Resume, the Sleepers Almanac, pindeldyboz, elimae and Daikaiju! Giant Monster Stories.

He has published a bunch of zines and comics including What Astronauts Wear, Rude Boy, Duck Fat and The Book of Job.




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"Stranger, go tell the Spartans we died here obedient to their commands."

— Inscription at Thermopylae


Linger not, stranger. Shed no tear.

Go back to those who sent us here.


We are the young they drafted out

To wars their folly brought about.


Go tell those old men, safe in bed,

We took their orders and are dead.


 

Happy Remembrance Day.


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0 comments Published on November 10, 2009 16:02
avg rating: 3.58 | 12 ratings | 4 reviews | 6 distinct works
Man Bites Dog Man Bites Dog
by Adam Ford (Goodreads author)
avg rating 3.25 — 8 ratings — published 2005
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Not Quite the Man for the Job Not Quite the Man for the Job
by Adam Ford (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1998
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The Cuckoo Plant The Cuckoo Plant
by Adam Ford (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1991
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Pocket Tales: Red: Level 7: Mr... Pocket Tales: Red: Level 7: Mr Hi-tech
by Adam Ford (Goodreads author), Colin Meir (Illustrator)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005
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The Third Fruit is a Bird The Third Fruit is a Bird
by Adam Ford (Goodreads author)
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Pocket Reads Year 6: Singles P... Pocket Reads Year 6: Singles Pack
by Ms Jane Penrose, Mr Anthony Masters, Tim Beer, Ann Turnbull, Agnes Szudek, Roger Jones, Mary Hooper, Adam Ford (Goodreads author) more...
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Animal, Vegetable, M... 12/17 Adam is currently reading:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Gilgamesh 05/10 Adam is currently reading:
Gilgamesh (Hardcover)
by Anonymous
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Mortal 07/18 Adam is currently reading:
Mortal (Paperback)
by Ivy Alvarez (Goodreads author)
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— Inscription at Thermopylae


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176326 Adam wrote: "nice insights.

in your suggested context, the loss of the nerd works for me, although it doesn't hel...more
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July 01
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Adam read and liked Lia's review of Man Bites Dog:

"This novel was both thoroughly enjoyable and somewhat disappointing.

Backstory: I discovered Adam Ford when I was about fourteen. He wrote these short and sweet free verse poems that I loved (see Not Quite the Man for the Job). He also ma...more
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The Power That Prese... Adam gave 2 of 5 stars to:
The Power That Preserves (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #3)
by Stephen R. Donaldson
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recommended for: fantasy geeks
read in February, 2009

Adam Adam said: "So given that I had the entire trilogy-in-one-volume edition in my hand, when I finished book two I ran headlong straight into book three, propelled by the unfinished business of book two and the page-turning prose of Mr. Donaldson.

This v...more
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Adam made a comment on Choupette's review of Collected Poems: 1970-1998
176326 Adam wrote: "i'm happy to chip in with some poets from the last 20 years or so that I'd heartily recommend - with...more "

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June 29
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Adam read and liked Choupette's review of Collected Poems: 1970-1998:

"I suffer from that common Australian ailment - I feel like my culture is being marginalised. Like there is relatively little in the way of good art, good dance, good theatre, good music, good food, whatever, that happens here, and if it is, it is cri...more "
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Adam read and liked Martine's review of Cloud Atlas:

"Cloud Atlas was the most challenging book I read in 2006. It was also the most rewarding. A bravura literary performance if ever I saw one, Cloud Atlas weaves together six vastly different stories which are all, in a way, about story-telling. We star...more "
The Brief Wondrous L... Adam gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Paperback)
by Junot Díaz
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read in June, 2009

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The Illearth War Adam gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #2)
by Stephen R. Donaldson
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read in February, 2009

Adam Adam said: "Okay, so I DID get sucked back into this trilogy, but mainly because when we went for a holiday in Skenes Creek, the single-volume hardback of the trilogy was just sitting there on the bookshelf and I thought hell why not? And that's how I lost 80% o...more "
June 16
Of Women and Their E... Adam gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Of Women and Their Elegance (Hardcover)
by Norman Mailer
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read in May, 2009

Adam Adam said: "I'm a bit poorly read when it comes to Hollywood, so I don't know how much of this fictional biography of Marilyn is fictional and how much is biography. It feels very fictional, written as it is from her own perspective, though having said that Mail...more "
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