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born 1947 United States

Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is an American television writer and science fiction author.

United States
Novelists
Science fiction authors
Short story writers

Also known as: Steve Perry

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There were, in Ferret’s experience, two kinds of law: one law ruled the poor, an altogether different one more gently guided the rich.

The 97th Step (1989)

When you worked in a profession whose tools included guns and bombs, death was always on the menu; only a matter of time until the order you placed arrived...

The Tejano Conflict (2014)

“You should know that there is great personal danger involved, Emile.”
Khadaji chuckled. “So, what else is new? You skate the edge, sometimes you get cut.”

The Albino Knife (1991)

“Why would he do that?”
“Because he is insane, a fool, a man so devious they will have to guard his corpse after he dies, or he’ll steal it himself!”

The Ramal Extraction (2012)

Life is more important than glory.

The Machiavelli Interface (1986)

But was it not you who used to tell me that the more you knew, the better? That knowledge was the sharpest fang?

The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)

You’re not an ape, use a tool!

The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)

War had a way of making carpe diem seem valid no matter what you wanted to seize...

The Tejano Conflict (2014)

Khadaji only nodded. It didn’t matter to him if he passed the test or not. He wasn’t here to get a degree; he was here to learn.

The Man Who Never Missed (1985)

Older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser, Emile, but it does mean older. More...experienced. More adept at dealing with the galaxy, at...taking care of oneself.

The Man Who Never Missed (1985)

Why is it people like us have to be the galaxy’s conscience?”
“If you can see a problem, and you have the ability to fix it, it becomes your responsibility. It’s always been that way.”

The Tejano Conflict (2014)

He had not found God, but he had found something much more important.
He had found himself.

The 97th Step (1989)

Well, said his little interior voice, a second is as good as an eon, if you succeed.
Yeah, and as good as forever if you fail.

The Albino Knife (1991)

The gnat had bitten the dinosaur.
The revolution had begun!

The 97th Step (1989)

The end, in this case, would justify the means. It did that, sometimes. But somewhere along the way he had lost his godlike surety; he had had to think instead of feel, and the monkey brain was never as quiet as the zen mind.

The Machiavelli Interface (1986)

What they don’t know won’t hurt us...

The Tejano Conflict (2014)

If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.

The Ramal Extraction (2012)

Droc was not particularly religious himself. If the gods responded to entreaties, they had never demonstrated it to him. Better his time was spent doing something that might work.

The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)

He understood the phenomenon, of how almost dying made you appreciate what life had to offer. And it was a potent drug, that feeling. Battle was not glorious. But surviving it? That was.

The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)

“I mean, look, I just broke into your private files. If I were you, I’d be more than a little upset.”
Pen crinkled. “I’m not. It shows initiative.”

Matadora (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Steve Perry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.