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British mathematician, poet, and game designer. Creator of Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. Co-editor of the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'' from 1998-2000, and managing editor of the publishing imprint [[http://www.mhra.org.uk/legenda Legenda]] since 2004. Married to Creator/EmilyShort.

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British mathematician, poet, and game designer. Creator of Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. Co-editor of the literary magazine {{magazine}} ''Oxford Poetry'' from 1998-2000, and managing editor of the publishing imprint [[http://www.mhra.org.uk/legenda Legenda]] since 2004. Married to Creator/EmilyShort.

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* {{Epigraph}}: Some of his works start with a quote from another work. ''Curses'', ''Jigsaw'', ''The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet'', ''Ruins'', and "The Craft of the Adventure" all do this.

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* {{Epigraph}}: Some of his works start with a quote from another work. ''Curses'', ''Jigsaw'', ''The Meteor, work.
** ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}'' begins by quoting Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}'' begins by quoting Creator/TSEliot's "Gerontion".
** ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet'' begins by quoting [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken
the Stone and a Long Glass final paragraph]] of Sherbet'', ''Ruins'', and "The Craft of Road Not Taken" by Creator/RobertFrost.
** ''[[https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=rnsj9vbk0ewwip61 Ruins]]'' begins by quoting
the Adventure" all do this.''Literature/PopolVuh''.
** "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure": Including the introduction, each essay apart from "Varnish and Veneer" opens with one or more quotes.
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* PenName: ''The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet'' and ''Ruins'' were published under the name "Angela M. Horns", an [[SignificantAnagram anagram]] of "Graham Nelson".

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* ''Galaxy's Edge'' (1984)

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* ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''
* "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure"

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* ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}''
''VideoGame/{{Curses}}'' (1993)
* ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}''
''Balances'' (1994)
* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''
''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}'' (1995)
* "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure"''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet'' (1996)
* ''The Tempest'' (1997): Adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
* ''Ruins'' (2001)
* ''The Reliques of Tolti-Aph'' (2006)

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* "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure" (1995)


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* {{Epigraph}}: Some of his works start with a quote from another work. ''Curses'', ''Jigsaw'', ''The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet'', ''Ruins'', and "The Craft of the Adventure" all do this.

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* CreatorCouple: Nelson created Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. His wife Creator/EmilyShort contributed majorly to version 7.
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* ''Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure''

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* ''Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure''"Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure"
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* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''

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* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''
* ''Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure''
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British mathematician, poet, and game designer. Creator of Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. Co-editor of the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'' from 1998-2000, and managing editor of [[http://www.mhra.org.uk/legenda Legenda]] since 2004. Married to Creator/EmilyShort.

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British mathematician, poet, and game designer. Creator of Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. Co-editor of the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'' from 1998-2000, and managing editor of the publishing imprint [[http://www.mhra.org.uk/legenda Legenda]] since 2004. Married to Creator/EmilyShort.
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British mathematician, poet, and game designer. Creator of Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. Co-editor of the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'' from 1998-2000, and managing editor of [[http://www.mhra.org.uk/legenda Legenda]] since 2004. Married to Creator/EmilyShort.

!!His works include:

* ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet''

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