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'''John Milo "Mike" Ford''' (1957 - 2006) was an SF writer, game designer, and poet, noted for his intelligence, wit, and originality. This last was in a sense also his greatest weakness, since a writer who never repeats himself can be very hard to market effectively, and he never achieved the fame many feel he deserved.
Probably his widely-known work is in a sense his least original -- two novels in the [[Star Trek Expanded Universe]], but even here he broke new ground: ''The Final Reflection'' is a historical novel of the early years of Federation-Klingon interaction, with a Klingon as its hero, and ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' is a musical comedy. He also co-wrote the Klingons sourcebook for FASA's ''Star Trek''
Ford's other work in the realm of RPG design includes several sourcebooks for ''[[GURPS]]'', and the classic ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' supplement, ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''.
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