Gordon R. Dickson

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Gordon Rupert Dickson
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Gordon Dickson lecturing
Born November 1 1923(1923-11-01)
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Died January 31 2001 (aged 77)
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Occupation Novelist, short story author
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy

Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a teenager. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle and the Dragon Knight series. He won three Hugo awards.

For a great part of his life, Dickson suffered from the effects of asthma.

Contents

[edit] Biographical timeline

[edit] Selected bibliography

Main article: Complete Bibliography of Gordon R. Dickson

[edit] Childe Cycle

  • The Genetic General (1960) (restored variant title: Dorsai!, 1976)
  • Necromancer (1962) (variant title: No Room for Man)
  • Warrior (1965)(short story) included in Lost Dorsai
  • Soldier, Ask Not (1967)
  • Tactics of Mistake (1971)
  • The Spirit of Dorsai (1979)
  • Lost Dorsai (1980)
  • The Final Encyclopedia (1984)
  • The Dorsai Companion (1986)
  • The Chantry Guild (1988)
  • Young Bleys (1991)
  • Other (1994)
  • Antagonist (with David W. Wixon) (2007)

[edit] Dragon Knight series

  • The Dragon and the George (1976)
  • The Dragon Knight (1990)
  • The Dragon on the Border (1992)
  • The Dragon at War (1992)
  • The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (1994)
  • The Dragon and the Djinn (1996)
  • The Dragon and the Gnarly King (1997)
  • The Dragon in Lyonesse (1998)
  • The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent (2000)

[edit] Hoka series

  • Earthman’s Burden (1957) (with Poul Anderson) (contents diff in vt: Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!) (1998)
  • Hoka! (1983) (with Poul Anderson)
  • Star Prince Charlie (1983) (with Poul Anderson)
  • Hokas Pokas (2000) (with Poul Anderson) (includes Star Prince Charlie)

[edit] Novels

  • Alien from Arcturus (1956) (expanded as Arcturus Landing)
  • Mankind on the Run (1956) (variant title: On the Run, 1979)
  • Time to Teleport (1960)
  • Naked to the Stars (1961)
  • Spacial Delivery (1961)
  • Delusion World (1961)
  • The Alien Way (1965)
  • The Space Winners (1965)
  • Mission to Universe (1965) (rev. 1977)
  • The Space Swimmers (1967)
  • Planet Run (1967) (with Keith Laumer)
  • Spacepaw (1969)
  • Wolfling (1969)
  • None But Man (1969)
  • Hour of the Horde (1970)
  • Sleepwalkers’ World (1971)
  • The Outposter (1972)
  • The Pritcher Mass (1972)
  • Alien Art (1973)
  • The R-Master (1973) (rev. as The Last Master, 1984)
  • Gremlins, Go Home (1974) (with Ben Bova)
  • The Lifeship (variant title: Lifeboat) (1977) (with Harry Harrison)
  • Time Storm (1977)
  • The Far Call (1978)
  • Home from the Shore (1978)
  • Pro (1978)
  • Masters of Everon (1980)
  • The Last Master (1984)
  • Jamie the Red (1984) (with Roland Green)
  • Steel Brother (1985)
  • The Forever Man (1986)
  • Way of the Pilgrim (1987)
  • The Earth Lords (1989)
  • Wolf and Iron (1990)
  • The Magnificent Wilf (1995)
  • The Right to Arm Bears (2000) omnibus of Spacial Delivery, Spacepaw, etc.

[edit] Short story collections

  • Danger – Human (1970) (as The Book of Gordon Dickson, 1973)
  • Mutants (1970)
  • The Star Road (1973)
  • Ancient, My Enemy (1974)
  • Gordon R. Dickson’s SF Best (1978) (revised as In The Bone, 1987)
  • In Iron Years (1980)
  • Love Not Human (1981)
  • The Man from Earth (1983)
  • Dickson! (1984) (revised as Steel Brother)
  • Survival! (1984)
  • Forward! (1985)
  • Beyond the Dar Al-Harb (1985)
  • Invaders! (1985)
  • The Man the Worlds Rejected (1986)
  • Mindspan (1986)
  • The Last Dream (1986)
  • The Stranger (1987)
  • Guided Tour (1988)
  • Beginnings (1988)
  • Ends (1988)

[edit] Children's books

  • Secret under the Sea (1960)
  • Secret under Antarctica (1963)
  • Secret under the Caribbean (1964)
  • Secrets of the Deep (1985) omnibus of the three above

[edit] Awards

Hugo Awards
  • "Soldier, Ask Not" for best short story, 1965[citation needed]
  • Lost Dorsai for best novella, 1981
  • "The Cloak and the Staff" for best novelette, 1981
Nebula Award
  • "Call Him Lord" for best novelette, 1966

[edit] External links

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