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1	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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3	!!His works include:
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5	[[AC:Video Games]]
6	* ''Galaxy's Edge'' (1984)
7	* ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}'' (1993)
8	* ''Balances'' (1994)
9	* ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}'' (1995)
10	* ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet'' (1996)
11	* ''The Tempest'' (1997): Adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
12	* ''Ruins'' (2001)
13	* ''The Reliques of Tolti-Aph'' (2006)
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16	* "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure" (1995)
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18	!!Provides examples of:
19	* CreatorCouple: Nelson created Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction. His wife Creator/EmilyShort contributed majorly to version 7.
20	* {{Epigraph}}: Some of his works start with a quote from another work.
21	** ''VideoGame/{{Curses}}'' begins by quoting Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''.
22	** ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}'' begins by quoting Creator/TSEliot's "Gerontion".
23	** ''VideoGame/TheMeteorTheStoneAndALongGlassOfSherbet'' begins by quoting [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken the final paragraph]] of "The Road Not Taken" by Creator/RobertFrost.
24	** ''[[https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=rnsj9vbk0ewwip61 Ruins]]'' begins by quoting the ''Literature/PopolVuh''.
25	** "Literature/TheCraftOfTheAdventure": Including the introduction, each essay apart from "Varnish and Veneer" opens with one or more quotes.
26	* 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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