Matthew Stover
Overview
 
Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novelist. He is perhaps best known for his four Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

novels, including the novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....

. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn
Iron Dawn
Iron Dawn is a fantasy novel written by Matthew Woodring Stover, and published in 1998 by Signet Books.Set a decade after the fall of Troy, the novel tells the tale of three mercenaries who fight to stop an evil necromancer from taking over the cityof Tyre....

and Jericho Moon. He has written three science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die
Heroes Die
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover is the first of a series of novels blending science fiction and fantasy and featuring the protagonist Caine.-Setting:...

, Blade of Tyshalle
Blade of Tyshalle
Blade of Tyshalle is a science-fiction/philosophical novel by Matthew Stover and sequel to Heroes Die set seven years after the events of its predecessor. It is the second book in the ongoing Acts of Caine novel cycle...

, and Caine Black Knife
Caine Black Knife
Caine Black Knife is a 2008 fantasy novel written by American Science Fiction author Matthew Stover. It is labeled as the third of the Acts of Caine, and is act one of the Atonement story arc. It is published by the Ballentine Books division of Del Rey...

, with a fourth Caine's Law planned for release in 2012.
Quotations

It's customary, at times like this, to say a few words. A man shouldn't die with no understanding of why he's been murdered. I do not pride myself on my eloquence, and so I will keep this simple.

The Acts of Caine, Heroes Die|Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine: Act of Violence) (1998)

I read once, somewhere, that the way you know you've grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step.

(0.8) Del Rey, p. 23

A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization.

(I.3) Del Rey, p. 74

Can't trust a fascist--truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state

(I.3) Del Rey, p. 74

Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other.

(I.3) Del Rey, p. 75

"The problem with happy endings," Tan'elkoth said, "is that nothing is ever truly over."

(I.3) Del Rey, p. 89

Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.

(V.8) Del Rey, p. 214

A religion that teaches you God is something outside the world--something separate from everything you see, smell, taste, touch, and hear--is nothing but a cheap hustle.

(VIII.4) Del Rey, p. 282

 
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