Changes: Matthew Stover

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"When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become. Some people get freaked out by them: mostly the people who believe, mistakenly, that fantasy is about escaping reality. To them I say: If you have a problem with reality, you should be spending more time dealing with your life, and less time reading popcorn fantasy."

―Matthew Stover^[src]

Matthew Woodring Stover is an author of several Star Wars novels, including The New Jedi Order: Traitor, Shatterpoint, Revenge of the Sith novelization and Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, as well as the short stories Equipment and The Tenebrous Way. He lives outside of Chicago.

His first three Star Wars novels are much more violent and morally gray 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 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 Friedrich Nietzsche.

Works

Star Wars

Title	Era	Release Date
The New Jedi Order: Traitor	New Jedi Order era	July 30, 2002
Star Wars: Shatterpoint	Rise of the Empire era	June 3, 2003
"Equipment"	Rise of the Empire era	July 2003
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	Rise of the Empire era	April 2, 2005
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor	New Republic era	December 30, 2008
"The Tenebrous Way"	Rise of the Empire era	December 13, 2011

Other

Bibliography

Matt Stover on Shatterpoint on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Episode III Author Announced on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Interview with Matthew Stover on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)

External links

Matthew Stover's Blog
Matthew Stover on Wikipedia
Matthew Stover interview with RoqooDepot.com, January 2, 2009

In other languages

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+{{Quote|When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become. Some people get freaked out by them: mostly the people who believe, mistakenly, that fantasy is about escaping reality. To them I say: If you have a problem with reality, you should be spending more time dealing with your life, and less time reading popcorn fantasy.|Matthew Stover|url=http://theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/mattstover.asp}}
+'''Matthew Woodring Stover''' is an author of several ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels, including ''[[The New Jedi Order: Traitor]]'', [[Shatterpoint (novel)|''Shatterpoint'']], [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]] and ''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'', as well as the short stories [[Equipment (short story)|''Equipment'']] and ''[[The Tenebrous Way]]''. He lives outside of [[Wikipedia:Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].
+His first three ''Star Wars'' novels are much more violent and morally gray than most other ''Star Wars'' works, a fact that has earned him both avid fans and relentless detractors. His non&ndash;''Star Wars'' novels have garnered a smaller but loyal audience, though only his two most recent novels, retroactively dubbed part of the ''Acts of Caine'' cycle, are still in print. Stover lists some of his prime fantastic influences as [[Wikipedia:Roger Zelazny|Roger Zelazny]], [[Wikipedia:Stephen R. Donaldson|Stephen R. Donaldson]], and [[Wikipedia:Fritz Leiber|Fritz Leiber]]. His dedication in ''Blade of Tyshalle'' cites other late "friends" including [[Wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Wikipedia:Friedrich Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]].
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-'''Matthew Stover''' is an author of several [[Expanded Universe]] works: ''[[Traitor]]'', ''[[Shatterpoint (novel)|Shatterpoint]]'', ''[[Equipment]]'', and the [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)|Revenge of the Sith novelization]]. He lives outside of [[Wikipedia:Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].
+==Works==
-His three Star Wars novels are much more violent and morally gray 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.
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+| ''[[The New Jedi Order: Traitor]]'' || [[New Jedi Order era]] || [[July 30]], [[2002]]
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+| [[Shatterpoint (novel)|''Star Wars: Shatterpoint'']] || [[Rise of the Empire era]] || [[June 3]], [[2003]]
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+| "[[Equipment (short story)|Equipment]]" || Rise of the Empire era || July 2003
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+| [[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith'']] || Rise of the Empire era || [[April 2]], [[2005]]
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+| ''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'' || [[New Republic era]] || [[December 30]], [[2008]]
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+| "[[The Tenebrous Way]]" || Rise of the Empire era || [[December 13]], [[2011]]
+|}
+===Other===
-In the book ''[[Star Wars on Trial]]'', he is the primary defender of the saga.
+*[[Wikipedia:Iron Dawn (novel)|''Iron Dawn'']]
+*[[Wikipedia:Jericho Moon|''Jericho Moon'']]
+*[[Wikipedia:Heroes Die|''Heroes Die'']]
+*[[Wikipedia:Blade of Tyshalle|''Blade of Tyshalle'']]
+*[[Wikipedia:Caine Black Knife|''Caine Black Knife'']]
+*''Caine's Law''
+*''Test of Metal''
+==Bibliography==
-Stover lists some of his prime fantastic influences as [[Wikipedia:Roger Zelazny|Roger Zelazny]], [[Wikipedia:Stephen R. Donaldson|Stephen R. Donaldson]], and [[Wikipedia:Fritz Leiber|Fritz Leiber]]. His dedication in ''Blade of Tyshalle'' cites other late "friends" including [[Wikipedia:Leo Tolstoy|Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Wikipedia:Frederich Nietzsche|Frederich Nietzsche]].
+*{{SWArchive|url=eu/lit/novel/f20030529/index.html|text=Matt Stover on ''Shatterpoint''}}
+*{{SWArchive|url=episode-iii/release/publishing/news20031114.html|text=Episode III Author Announced}}
-He is interested in writing, as he calls it, the "final adventure" of the original heroic trio, [[Luke Skywalker]], [[Han Solo]], and [[Leia Organa Solo]].
+*{{SWArchive|url=episode-iii/release/publishing/stover.html|text=Interview with Matthew Stover}}
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-==Star Wars novels==
-* ''[[Shatterpoint (novel)| Shatterpoint]]''
-* ''Star Wars: Episode III: [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)|Revenge of the Sith]]''
-* ''New Jedi Order: [[Traitor]]''
-* ''[[Equipment]]'' (eBook)
-* ''[[Star Wars on Trial]]'' (editor)
-==Other novels==
-*''[[Wikipedia:Iron Dawn|Iron Dawn]]''
-*''[[Wikipedia:Jericho Moon|Jericho Moon]]''
-*''[[Wikipedia:Heroes Die|Heroes Die]]''
-*''[[Wikipedia:Blade of Tyshalle|Blade of Tyshalle]]''
-*''Caine Black Knife'' (forthcoming)
-*''Dead Man's Heart'' (forthcoming)
 ==External links==
-* [http://mattstover.blogspot.com/ Author Blog]
+*[http://mattstover.blogspot.com/ Matthew Stover's Blog]
-* [[Wikipedia:Matthew Stover|Matthew Stover]]  on Wikipedia
+*{{WP|Matthew Stover}}
+*[http://roqoodepot.com/interviews/matthew-stover/ Matthew Stover interview with RoqooDepot.com], January 2, 2009
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