Me. Morven AKA Matthew Jude Brown, also findable as Morven on TheOtherWiki and a lot of other places. Morven's been my online name since 1991; it was a character name in an (atrocious) story I was writing at the time. I'm a mid-thirties British nerd living in Southern California, and working at a big private university. Sysadmin. Written sci-fi and fantasy fan. Things I love, in no particular order:

* P.C. Hodgell's ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath series. I'm pretty much the sole author of the [[http://kencyr.wikia.org Kencyr Wiki]], somewhere north of 600 articles trying to document every single obsessive thing about this series. Trying not to add examples of this to ''every'' trope on here, but failing.
* C.J. Cherryh's fantasy and science fiction, especially the MorgaineCycle and the more recent science fiction.
* Gene Wolfe's BookOfTheNewSun, the first five at least.
* LoisMcMasterBujold's Miles Vorkosigan books. Am I the only one to see scary parallels between Hodgell's Jame and Bujold's Miles?
* Ian M. Banks' novels, especially some of TheCulture and AgainstADarkBackground
* (adding to this ...)

I'm also a long-time wannabe author.

[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13058949630A67253100&page=2670#66734 Gender identity]].

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Vandalize Morven here!

You seem like a cool guy, and good luck on becoming an author! - @/{{Black Dove}}

Morven has an amazing Unix sysadmin beard. And is an awesome guy in general. - @/WilliamWideWeb

Listen all y'all, it's sabotage! Just dropping by. >:3 --@/{{goodtimesfreegrog}}

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]]. Seriously, Morven is awesome. Pleasant fellow. :] --[[@/OuttaTheBLAM a vandal]]

I think Morven is a PrettyCoolGuy. eh gives tropers rides and doesn't afraid of anything. -- @/{{Ironeye}}

Why did I think you're female? - @/{{Krrackknut}}.
* A mistake I made before too. —@/{{Morven}}
** And yet, you have a full beard... - @/{{English Ivy}}
*** I know -- confusing! But I don't see that from the inside. --@/{{Morven}}

Morven's a great ReasonableAuthorityFigure with an awesome beard. - @/TheJackal

Morven is a critical threat to the safety for our nation (wherever that is). Atomic bombs won't work on him. Try hydrogen bombs combined with prolonged small arms fire, then get back to me. -- @/{{Korodzik}}

Morven, fun guy, smart guy, great guy. ~ @/{{Zyxzy}}

I hope you enjoyed the joys of Disneyland next door. (Lucky guy.) - @/{{QQQQQ}}

I originally thought you were a woman because of [[EnchantedForestChronicles The Enchanted Forest Chronicles]], [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed in which]] there is a [[IncrediblyLamePun witch]] named Mor'''w'''en. As a fellow aspiring fantasy author, I wish you good luck! - @/{{Leradny}}

[[color: red: I seem smart and interesting? Thanks! -{{Tropers/Parakaitz}} ]]

You sure that you're not {{The Ace}} around here? - {{Tropers/Flanker 66}}

(blushes) Thank you for being so nice to me. By the way, you seem to have a BadassBeard - {{Tropers/Beholderess}}

Godot Was Here.

Calm, cool, collected, and seemingly understanding. A great person to have around the fora. @/TuefelHundneIV

Morven is the coolest son of a bitch this side of the galaxy. - @/{{Exelixi}}

I figured it was about time I vandalized your page. Thank you for being so nice to me upon my arrival, and for all the interesting converation. Finally, the Internet proves capable of having genuinely good/nice people! Hurrah! - {{Tropers/Punkreader}}

Thanks for your help! Also you're very funny. XD - @/StolenByFaeries

Morven is! ~~@/BlixtySlycat

Morven on up to the east side! ~{{@/Hydronix}}

Morven is a pretty cool guy! - @/{{kay4today}}

I wanna give Morve a hug! ~{{@/TairaMai}}

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''The hills rolled up to the moon on slopes of wind-bent grass, crested, swept down into tangled brier shadows...''