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Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy novelist. He is perhaps best known for his three Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon. He has written two science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle. Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... Heroes Die is a science-fiction/fantasy novel by Matthew Stover and the first of his ongoing Acts of Caine novel arc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Stover graduated in 1983 from Drake University and settled in Chicago. He is an avid martial artist and a student of the Degerberg Blend, a jeet kune do concept that mixes approximately twenty-five different fighting arts from around the world. This combat style influences the way Stover writes his fight scenes, for which he has won considerable acclaim. Stover lives with artist and writer Robyn Fielder Drake. Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Jeet Kune Do (Chinese: Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit. ...

Stover is one of the most controversial authors in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. His three Star Wars novels are much more violent and morally grey than most other Star Wars works, a fact that has earned him both avid fans and relentless detractors. His non-Star Wars novels have garnered a smaller but loyal audience, though only his two most recent novels, retroactively dubbed as part of the Acts of Caine cycle, are still in print. Stover lists some of his prime fantastic influences as Roger Zelazny, Stephen R. Donaldson, and Fritz Leiber. His dedication in Blade of Tyshalle cites other late "friends" including Leo Tolstoy and Frederich Nietzsche. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. ... Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) (Russian: , IPA:  ), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. ... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ...

Bibliography

Barra & Co.

• Iron Dawn (1997)
• Jericho Moon (1998)

The Acts of Caine

• Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine: Act of Violence) (1998)
• Blade of Tyshalle (The Acts of Caine: Act of War) (2001)
• Caine Black Knife (The Acts of Caine: Act of Atonement) (late 2007?^[1])
• Dead Man's Heart (The Acts of Caine: Act of Remembrance) (forthcoming)

Heroes Die is a science-fiction/fantasy novel by Matthew Stover and the first of his ongoing Acts of Caine novel arc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Star Wars

• Traitor (The New Jedi Order) (2002)
• Shatterpoint (A Clone Wars Novel) (2004)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006)
• Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (2008)

Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ... Traitor is a New Jedi Order novel by Matthew Stover. ... The New Jedi Order, also known as New Jedi Order or by its acronym, NJO, is a series of science fiction novels set in the Star Wars universe 25-30 years ABY. Its primary plotline involves an invasion of the Star Wars galaxy by the Yuuzhan Vong, but over the... Shatterpoint is a science fiction novel by Matthew Stover set in the Star Wars galaxy during the Clone Wars. ... Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor is a standalone novel that chronicles the Battle of Mindor, a fictional event in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. ...

Unpublished

• The Real Flash Gordon^[2] (2001)

Themes in the Acts of Caine

Stover's works, particularly Heroes Die and even more strongly, Blade of Tyshalle examine moral questions. For example, In Heroes Die, the protagonist anti-hero Caine exhibits willingness to sacrifice the citizens of Ankhana and even his friend Majesty in order to save his wife. This behavior is examined in further detail in Blade of Tyshalle. The government on Earth is strictly caste-based and dystopian. As counterpoint to this world Hari's father is a former libertarian academic. Characters discuss these relative points of view within the novels through dialogue between representative characters, primarily Hari's father and Tan'elKoth. Because Earth is so overcrowded and oppressed, the masses turn to the adventures of the actors, such as Caine. Hence, the violence is often portrayed in graphic detail because that is what the viewers on Earth are seeking. Often actors are pushed to increase the violence of their deeds for the entertainment of the masses. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ...

Caine is also confronted with an explicit exposition of philosophy (called Cainism) from another set of characters in the book, in which individual responsibility and personal choice is stressed.

References

1. ^ Matthew Stover post on theforce.net
2. ^ Interview with Matthew Stover:

External links

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• Matthew Stover's blog
• Interview with Gabe Chouinard
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