• Source: Edward Cline

      • Edward Cline (October 22, 1946 – 2023) was an American novelist and essayist. An Objectivist, he was best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which were set in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous detective novels, and was noted as a critic of Islam on his blog The Rules of Reason.


      Background


      Cline was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended South Texas Junior College. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1965. He was active as a writer from 1972, and worked numerous different jobs, including in "factories, construction, airline and publishing communications, inventory management, banking, computer sales, insurance, and as a computer screen designer, book editor, copyeditor, and proofreader."


      Books and writing


      Apart from the Sparrowhawk series, Cline's other fiction included a contemporary detective series (featuring Chess Hanrahan, who solves paradoxical murders), a suspense series (featuring American entrepreneur Merritt Fury), and a period detective series (featuring Cyrus Skeen in 1920s San Francisco).
      Cline was also known for his writings on aesthetics, his defenses of capitalism and of free speech, and his criticisms of contemporary political trends and of Islam (and religion in general). As a writer, his strongest influence was the novelist Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism. Cline wrote on freedom of speech and censorship issues for The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science and The Journal of Information Ethics. He wrote feature and cover stories, as well as book reviews, for Marine Corps League Magazine, The Colonial Williamsburg Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Intellectual Activist. His article on English political philosopher John Locke was carried in two editions of Western Civilization (McGraw-Hill). He wrote the Rules of Reason blog, and his columns also appeared in Capitalism Magazine, Family Security Matters, and other blog sites. He also wrote a "counter-jihad handbook" about Islam.
      In May 2016, Cline was informed by the FBI that his name was on a list of over 8,000 names that was characterized as an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) kill list. Cline's landlord promptly evicted him from his Williamsburg, Virginia apartment. In an interview with Vocativ Cline said, "The situation is unprecedented in my lifetime experience. I've never before been evicted or thrown under the bus for what I think and write." According to Vocativ, Cline had "spent the last 15 years raging against Islam and the existential threat he believes it poses to western civilization." A fundraising in support of Cline raised more than $14,000, after his story was covered by online outlets such as FrontPage Magazine and Gates of Vienna.
      Cline is reported to have died in 2023.


      Bibliography




      = Sparrowhawk series

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      Sparrowhawk One: Jack Frake, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-931561-00-1
      Sparrowhawk Two: Hugh Kenrick MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1-931561-20-6
      Sparrowhawk Three: Caxton, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-53-2
      Sparrowhawk Four: Empire, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-87-7
      Sparrowhawk Five: Revolution, MacAdam/Cage, 2005, ISBN 1-59692-154-4
      Sparrowhawk Six: War, MacAdam/Cage, 2007, ISBN 1-59692-198-6
      Sparrowhawk Companion (in collaboration with Jena Trammell, editor), MacAdam/Cage, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59692-261-7


      = Chess Hanrahan series

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      First Prize, Chess Hanrahan, #1, Mysterious Press/Warner Book, 1988, ISBN 0-89296-291-7
      Presence of Mind, Chess Hanrahan, #2, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-0-9
      Honors Due, Chess Hanrahan, #3, Perfect Crime Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-935797-14-2
      With Distinction, Chess Hanrahan, #4, Perfect Crime Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-935797-21-0


      = Merritt Fury series

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      Whisper the Guns, Merritt Fury, #1 Atlantean Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9626854-2-9
      We Three Kings, Merritt Fury, #2, Atlantean Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0962685453
      Run From Judgment, Merritt Fury, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-148-1248709


      = Cyrus Skeen series

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      China Basin, Cyrus Skeen, #1, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1481182201
      The Head of Athena, Cyrus Skeen, #2, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481202466
      The Daedâlus Conspiracy, Cyrus Skeen, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481208772
      The Chameleon, Cyrus Skeen, #4, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481212625
      A Crimson Overture, Cyrus Skeen, #5, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1492251972
      The Black Stone, Cyrus Skeen, #6, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1494974626
      The Pickwick Affair, Cyrus Skeen, #7, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500217167
      Silver Screens, Cyrus Skeen, #8, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1508772019
      The Circles of Odin, Cyrus Skeen, #9, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511441599
      Sleight of Hand, Cyrus Skeen, #10, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511786881
      Stolen Words, Cyrus Skeen, #11, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1514248706
      An August Interlude, Cyrus Skeen, #12, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1516876051
      Wintery Discontent, Cyrus Skeen, #13, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517491505
      Manhattan Blues, Cyrus Skeen, #14, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1523381814
      The Janus Affair, Cyrus Skeen, #15, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530042562
      First Things, Cyrus Skeen, #16, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
      Civic Affairs, Cyrus Skeen, #17, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530849468
      Exegesis, Cyrus Skeen, #18, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1533003478
      Seeing Double, Cyrus Skeen, #19, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537136288
      Trichotomy, Cyrus Skeen, #20, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537649535
      Beginnings, Cyrus Skeen, #21, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539699354
      Reciprocity, Cyrus Skeen, #22, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
      Saving Athena, Cyrus Skeen, #23, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1541389830
      Split Infinitives, Cyrus Skeen, #24, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1542843089
      Passions, Cyrus Skeen, #25, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544251967
      Celebrity News, Cyrus Skeen, #26, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544903026
      Inquest, Cyrus Skeen, #27, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1546836230
      Double Entendre, Cyrus Skeen, #28, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1974664009
      Sufferance, Cyrus Skeen, #29, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1976594854
      Warlocks, Cyrus Skeen, #30, Patrick Henry Press, 2017
      The Skeen Chronicles, Cyrus Skeen, #31, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979109109
      Reprisals, Cyrus Skeen Detective, #32, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979435604
      The Pendulum, Cyrus Skeen, #33, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1981342969
      School Days, Cyrus Skeen, #34, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1983486142
      Breakdown, Cyrus Skeen, #36, Patrick Henry Press, 2018
      The Gumshoe Guild, Cyrus Skeen, #37, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1986064071
      Serenity, Cyrus Skeen, #38, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1987639087
      Chicago Serenade, Cyrus Skeen, #39, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1724231536
      Flute, Cyrus Skeen, #40, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1727871968
      A Final Canvas, Cyrus Skeen, #41, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1790771110
      Gallery, Cyrus Skeen, #42, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1795164436


      = The War of Ideas series

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      Running Out My Guns, The War of Ideas, #1, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481810067
      Broadsides in the War of Ideas, The War of Ideas, #2, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481800792
      Corsairs and Freebooters, The War of Ideas, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481804509
      Boarding Parties & Grappling Hooks, The War of Ideas, #4, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1482087833
      Letters of Marque, The War of Ideas, #5, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1493749034
      From The Crow's Nest, The War of Ideas, #6, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1499690620


      = Other works

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      The Wizards of Disambiguation: A Critique of Detective Genre Literary Criticism, Atlantean Press Review, 1993
      Islam's Reign of Terror, Patrick Henry Press/Voltaire Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500920777
      Rational Scrutiny: Paradoxes and Contradictions in Detective Fiction, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500848903
      Handbook on Islam: A Counter-Jihad Guide for the Uninitiated, the Ill-Advised the Misinformed, and the Lied-To, CreateSpace, 2015, ISBN 978-1512315318
      Cogitations: Recent Reflections on the State of Things, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517267377
      Routing Islam, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539426868
      Collectables, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1-7271-5539-6
      The Ghouls of Grammatical Egalitarianism, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1798103388


      References




      External links


      The Rules of Reason, official blog (archived)
      Edward Cline at Fantastic Fiction

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