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Stony Stevenson is an Englishman conscripted into the Martian Army. A real commander (like Boaz), Stony becomes disillusioned with the army after he realizes it is doomed to fail in the war against Earth, and he and Unk team up in rebellion together. However, when this is discovered Stony is sentenced to death. Unk is force to killing Stony, and strangles him to death in a public execution ceremony.
Stony Stevenson Quotes in The Sirens of Titan
The The Sirens of Titan quotes below are all either spoken by Stony Stevenson or refer to Stony Stevenson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5: Letter From an Unknown Hero Quotes
(71.) Unk, old friend—almost everything I know for sure has come from fighting the pain from my antenna […] Whenever I start to turn my head and look at something, and the pain comes, I keep turning my head anyway, because I know I am going to see something I’m not supposed to see. Whenever I ask a question, and the pain comes, I know I have asked a really good question […] The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of the pain now, Unk, but you won’t learn anything if you don’t invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.
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Stony Stevenson Character Timeline in The Sirens of Titan
The timeline below shows where the character Stony Stevenson appears in The Sirens of Titan. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: Letter From an Unknown Hero
...successful rebellion and means that the real leaders will be safe during the war. Private Stony Stevenson, the man whom Unk strangled to death, was another one of the real commanders....
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...scraps of conversation he hears while talking with the other real commanders. The suggestion that Stony Stevenson be executed was something that had just come up in conversation. But before long,...
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...not join them. Instead, he sneaks into barrack 12 to look for a letter that Stevenson told him about moments before his death. The Martian Imperial Commandos have set off for...
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...one city on Mars, which is called Phoebe. It tells Unk about his best friend, Stony Stevenson, a real commander who originally comes from England, laughs all the time, and drinks...
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The letter continues that one night, when they were drunk, Unk and Stony concluded that the person who was really in charge of the Martian Army was a...
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...Unk that he loves him, and instructs him to rescue his family and escape, taking Stony with him. Unk has finally reached the end of the letter, and turns the page...
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...of the fact that the man he killed at the stake was his best friend, Stony. If he’d known the truth he might have killed himself. Now, Unk returns to his...
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Chapter 6: A Deserter in Time of War
...comes in and greets Unk, asking Unk who he is. Unk thinks it must be Stony, but when he guesses this, Rumfoord laughs and says that he wishes he could see...
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Chapter 8: In a Hollywood Night Club
...civilized planet. However, this is just an illusion. Unk cries, thinking about Bee, Chrono, and Stony. He thinks about the name “Malachi Constant” but doesn’t know what it means. Unk and...
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Chapter 9: A Puzzle Solved
...other truth that would make him upset. Reciprocally, Boaz doesn’t tell Unk the truth that Stony Stevenson is dead, and that Unk killed him. Boaz talks to the harmoniums, speaking to...
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...harmoniums can easily be killed by a “lethal overdose of music.” Unk, meanwhile, thinks about Stony, dreaming that if they were to be reunited they would be unstoppable. Unk believes that...
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Chapter 10: An Age of Miracles
...43, and the only thing keeping him going is the hope of being reunited with Stony.
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...future awaits hm on Earth. However, he knows he needs a friend, and longs for Stony.
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...them are like Malachi Constant. The Space Wanderer looks at the crowd and wonders if Stony is among them.
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Chapter 11: We Hate Malachi Constant Because…
...his life. Constant racks his brain, and eventually says, “I had a friend.” Speaking about Stony makes him feel overwhelmed with happiness. Rumfoord asks if Constant remembers performing an execution on...
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Epilogue: Reunion with Stony
The illusion is that Constant is reunited with Stony Stevenson. A diamond-encrusted spaceship lets Stony out, still wearing his Martian uniform. He invites Constant...
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