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Dickson, Gordon R

Entry updated 29 July 2024. Tagged: Author.

(1923-2001) Canadian-born author, resident in the USA since age 13, becoming a US citizen many decades before his death. He was educated (along with Poul Anderson) at the University of Minnesota, taking his BA in English in 1948, and remained in Minnesota. After World War Two he re-established the Minneapolis Fantasy Society, with Anderson a central participant (Clifford D Simak was also involved at some point in the Society). The two later collaborated on the Hoka series – Earthman's Burden (coll 1957), Star Prince Charlie (1975) and Hoka! (coll 1982), the most effective tales involving Western settings. Along with these writers, Dickson showed a liking, often indulged, for hinterland settings peopled by solid farming or small-town stock whose ideologies, when expressed, violate any simple, conservative-liberal polarity, though urban readers and critics have sometimes responded to them as right-wing. As late as the Ruined Earth tale Wolf and Iron (October 1974 F&SF as "In Iron Years"; much exp 1990) – which embodies a Survivalist plot considerably deepened by the author's detailed and compassionate attachment to the kind of hero who understands and loves the physical world – he was still mining this fertile soil.

After "MacGregor" for the Fanzine Tycho in June 1942, Dickson began publishing sf professionally with "Trespass" in Fantastic Story Quarterly for Spring 1950, written with Anderson, and he was a prolific and consistent short-story author, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s; much of this material was assembled much later in volumes like The Man from Earth (coll 1983), Dickson! (coll 1984; rev vt Steel Brother 1985) and Forward! (coll 1985), the latter edited by Sandra Miesel, long an advocate of his works.

Dickson's first novel, Alien from Arcturus (1956 dos; rev vt Arcturus Landing 1979), established from an early date the tone of underlying and rather relentless seriousness which became so marked in later works, along with a tendency to displace emotional intensities from human relations between the sexes to the kind of relations that might obtain between student and mentor, or between human and dependent Alien, or, as in Wolf and Iron, Terran mammal. The aliens in Alien from Arcturus are decidedly cuddly, with shining black noses, and much resemble those who appear in Space Winners (1965), which is Juvenile SF, and The Alien Way (1965), about an Earthman's Telepathic rapport with the representative of a species that may invade the home planet. But the strong narrative skills deployed in these comparatively rudimentary Space-Opera tales, along with an idiomatic capacity to write novel-length fiction, has ensured the survival of these relatively unambitious works. Some later singletons – like Sleepwalker's World (1971), a dystopian vision of Overpopulation, and The R-Master (1973; rev vt The Last Master 1983), in which a society is ambiguously guided by a saviour whose origins lie more in Pulp-magazine ideas than in philosophy – failed to maintain the elation of the earlier books.

While continuing to produce independent works prolifically in the 1950s and 1960s, Dickson simultaneously engaged upon the sequence of novels that would occupy much of his energy for decades. The Childe Cycle was planned to begin with novels set in historical times, though these seem never to have been drafted; the existing volumes, which are sf, make up the sustained and internally coherent Dorsai sub-series. The Childe Cycle as a whole was intended to present an Evolutionary blueprint, in highly dramatized fictional terms, for humanity's ultimate expansion through the Galaxy, as an inherently ethical species. "In order to make this type of story work effectively," Dickson said,

I developed by the late 1950s a new fictional pattern that I have called the "consciously thematic story". This was specifically designed to create an unconscious involvement of the reader with the philosophical thematic argument that the story action renders and demonstrates. Because this new type of story has represented a pattern hitherto unknown to readers and writers, my work has historically been criticized in terms that do not apply to it – primarily as if it were drama alone.

It may be that novels where theme and story are vertically organized are not that uncommon, but Dickson's intention was clear, though some of the "philosophical thematic argument" has been lost through the absence of the earlier volumes, so that the full claimed integrity of the Childe Cycle remains undemonstrated. But the vast torso that remains is both internally satisfying, and probably introduces as much naked philosophy as the author would have ever felt comfortable espousing in works of fiction.

In rough order of internal chronology, the Childe Cycle [leaving out most details, omnis and by-blows, for which see Checklist] comprises Necromancer (1962), rather overwhelmed by the not fully digested influence of A E van Vogt; Tactics of Mistake (1971); Soldier, Ask Not (1967), the magazine form of which won a Hugo for 1964; and The Genetic General (1960 dos); plus The Spirit of Dorsai (coll of linked stories 1979) and Lost Dorsai (coll of linked stories 1980), whose title story "Lost Dorsai" (February 1980 Destinies) won a 1981 Hugo. Usefully, the last two volumes were substantially reassembled with some material preceding The Genetic General as The Dorsai Companion (coll of linked stories 1986). Much later appeared a final grouping of texts, all set about 100 years further into the future: the overlong Young Bleys (1991), Other (1994) and Antagonist (2007) with David W Wixon, all focused on the Antihero Bleys – who has a disruptive effect on the flow of history, rather like the Mule in Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy. The series as it stands closes chronologically with The Final Encyclopedia (1984) and The Chantry Guild (1988), the last volume – Dickson claimed as early as 1983 – being hived off from a projected final volume to be called Childe.

Necromancer, set in minimally changed Near Future, features Paul Formain, the first of a triad of quasi-mystically linked Supermen; he becomes a Necromancer in the Chantry Guild, an elitist group of crypto-Secret Masters whose leader, an unwitting inspirer of the triad to come, argues compellingly that the triumph of Technology – via a worldwide system of protection, which "keeps tabs on us through every purchase we make" under the central control of something like an AI – has stifled the human spirit. Paul's unexpected solution is, with the help of Matter Transmission, to spur humanity to develop differently across the galaxy. As the sequence develops, human space is divided into four main spheres plus Old Earth herself, with her vast genetic pool: Dorsai, whose inhabitants are bred as professional soldiers, stories featuring them closely resembling Military SF at its most cerebral; the Exotic worlds, whose inhabitants are bred to creative (sometimes sybaritic) mind-arts and have attained some Psi Powers; the worlds such as Newton which emphasize physical science; and the God-haunted Friendly worlds, where folk are bred for faith (see Religion). The task of mankind's genetic elite is somehow to co-ordinate without stifling these variant strains (see Eugenics), and the philosophical burden of the sequence tends to be conveyed, at times with an effect of strain, through plots whose origins lie unabashedly in the Superman tales of earlier sf.

The Genetic General, which in its restored form remains the most arousing title of the entire series, features Donal Graeme, the second and central incarnation of the triune evolutionary superman; Formain/Graeme are reborn as Hal Mayne to climax the series. The remote but explicit genetic elitism promulgated in the series is perhaps softened by the fact that the superman triad does not itself seem to breed, or does so invisibly, consistent with Dickson's uninterest in the mechanics or generative importance of Sex in his vision of controlled evolution. The enormous Slingshot Ending effect that now ends the series is perhaps rousing enough to forgive its incompletion. The terms Dickson uses to describe his superman's capacities – Formain says of himself "I never make mistakes" because of his unerring empathic grasp of human realities; Graeme boasts a potent sort of cognitive intuition that render his actions unerring – are perhaps best appreciated within the massive, ongoing rhythm of the series; for it is as a novelist, not as a philosopher, that Dickson reveals his strength. It has not been fortunate for his reputation that, seemingly shying from a final assault on the climax, he retrofitted several novels about Graeme's brother Bleys; nor that, because of its long gestation, the series as a whole failed to take into account late twentieth-century advances in Information Theory and Technology in general (though, see above, Necromancer hovered at the edge of genuine prescience).

Very little of Dickson's later fiction, however hastily written some of it may seem, fails to pose questions and arguments about humankind's fundamental nature. From 1960 much of his work specifically reflected his preoccupation with the concept, expanded upon in the Childe Cycle, that humankind is inevitably driven to higher evolutionary states, a notion often expressed, however, in singletons – like None But Man (1969; with one story added, as coll 1989) or Hour of the Horde (May 1969 Venture Science Fiction; 1970) – that contrast humankind's indomitable spirit with that of Aliens whose lack of "invincible" élan makes them into straw horses for Homo sapiens to defeat. More serious presentations of material include the fine Time Storm (fixup 1977), set initially in an America balkanized by Time Distortions into Archipelagos of contrasting realities, many of them visited by the superman protagonist as he learns how to correct the unbalanced universe he eventually, in the Far Future, bestrides; The Far Call (August-October 1973 Analog; 1978), an ambitious novel involving Politics on Mars; and the occasionally ponderous Way of the Pilgrim (August 1980 Analog as "The Cloak and the Staff"; much exp 1987). These tales generally avoid the graver pitfalls of pulp. Though his sometimes unremitting use of genre conventions to provide solutions to serious arguments undoubtedly retarded full recognition of his talent and seriousness, these novels, and the later volumes of the Childe Cycle series, increasingly enforce a more measured response to his life work.

Dickson won the Nebula for Best Novelette with "Call Him Lord" (May 1966 Analog). He was President of Science Fiction Writers of America 1969-1971. Besides the Hugos already noted above for the short "Soldier, Ask Not" (October 1964 Galaxy) in 1965 and the novella "Lost Dorsai" (February 1980 Destinies) in 1981, he won a further 1981 Hugo for his novelette "The Cloak and the Staff" (August 1980 Analog), which was later expanded as Way of the Pilgrim (1987). He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2000. [JC]

see also: Astounding Science-Fiction; Canada; Children's SF; Computers; Cyborgs; Ecology; Economics; Galactic Empires; Galaxy Science Fiction; Gamebook; Humour; Invasion; Linguistics; Mathematics; Paradox; Parallel Worlds; Robert Hale Limited; Skylark Award; Spaceships; Teleportation; Time Travel; Under the Sea; War; Weapons.

Gordon Rupert Dickson

born Edmonton, Alberta: 1 November 1923

died Richfield, Minnesota: 31 January 2001

works

series

Hoka

Earthman's Burden (New York: Gnome Press, 1957) with Poul Anderson [coll of linked stories: Hoka: hb/Edd Cartier]

Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (New York: Baen Books, 1998) with Poul Anderson [coll: exp vt of the above: with two additional stories from Hoka! below: Hoka: pb/Stephen Hickman]

Star Prince Charlie (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1975) with Poul Anderson [Hoka: hb/Vincent Di Fate]

Hokas Pokas! (New York: Baen Books, 2000) with Poul Anderson [exp of the above as coll: with two additional stories from Hoka! below: Hoka: pb/Michael Whelan]

The Sound and the Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2001) with Poul Anderson [omni of the above plus Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!, which between them include all four stories from Hoka! below: Hoka: hb/Tom Kidd]

Hoka! (New York: Simon and Schuster/Wallaby, 1982) with Poul Anderson [coll of linked stories: Hoka: pb/Michael Whelan]

Robby Hoenig/Underseas

Secret Under the Sea (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960) [Robby Hoenig/Underseas: hb/Jo Ann Stover]

Secret Under Antarctica (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963) [Robby Hoenig/Underseas: hb/Charles Greer]

Secret Under the Caribbean (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964) [Robby Hoenig/Underseas: hb/Charles Greer]

Secrets of the Deep (New York: Lorevan Publishing, 1985) [omni of the above three: pb/uncredited]

Dilbia

Spacial Delivery (New York: Ace Books, 1961) [dos: short version appeared April 1959 Galaxy: with Delusion World below: Dilbia: pb/Ed Valigursky]

Spacepaw (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1969) [Dilbia: hb/Leon Gregori]

The Right to Arm Bears (New York: Baen Books, 2000) [omni of the above two plus one story: Dilbia: pb/Richard Martin]

Dorsai/Childe Cycle

See entry text above for the internal chronology.

Necromancer (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1962) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Wally Littman]

No Room for Man (New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1963) [vt of the above: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Richard Powers]

Tactics of Mistake (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971) [first appeared August 1970-January 1971 Analog as "The Tactics of Mistake": Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/François Colos]

Soldier, Ask Not (New York: Dell Books, 1967) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Paul Lehr]

The Genetic General (New York: Ace Books, 1960) [dos: cut from magazine version: full text first appeared May-July 1959 Astounding as "Dorsai!": with Time to Teleport below: pb/Ed Valigursky]

Dorsai! (New York: DAW Books, 1976) [exp vt of the above: magazine version restored: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Paul Lehr]

Three to Dorsai!: Three Novels from the Childe Cycle: Necromancer; Tactics of Mistake; Dorsai! (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1975) [omni of the three named titles, as above: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Larry Kresek]

Four to Dorsai! (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 2002) [ omni of the above, plus Soldier, Ask Not: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: Necromancer apparently contains late revisions: hb/Luis Royo]

The Spirit of Dorsai (New York: Ace Books, 1979) [coll: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Enric]

Dorsai Spirit: Two Classic Novels of the Dorsai: Dorsai! and The Spirit of Dorsai (New York: Tor, 2002) [omni of the named titles, as above: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Luis Royo]

Lost Dorsai (New York: Ace Books, 1980) [coll: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Fernando Fernandez]

Lost Dorsai (London: Sphere Books, 1988) [coll: rev of the above: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/uncredited]

Lost Dorsai: The New Dorsai Companion (New York: Tor, 1993) [coll: vt of the above: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Fernando Fernandez]

The Dorsai Companion (New York: Ace Books, 1986) [coll: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: pb/Enric]

The Final Encyclopedia (New York: Tor, 1984) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Michael Whelan]

The Chantry Guild (New York: Ace Books, 1988) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Jim Burns]

Dorsai's Command (New York: Ace Books, 1989) with Troy Denning and Cory Glaberson [tie to Dorsai/Childe Cycle: in the publisher's Combat Command Gamebook series: pb/Don Dixon]

Young Bleys (New York: Tor, 1991) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Luis Royo]

Other (New York: Tor, 1994) [Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Luis Royo]

Antagonist (New York: Tor, 2007) with David W Wixon [the amount of Dickson manuscript available for the completion of this text has not been revealed: Dorsai/Childe Cycle: hb/Volkan Baga]

The Dragon and the George

The Dragon and the George (New York: Nelson Doubleday/Science Fiction Book Club, 1976), [exp from "St Dragon and the George", September 1957 F&SF: The Dragon and the George: hb/Boris Vallejo]

The Dragon Knight (New York: Tor, 1990) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Boris Vallejo]

The Dragon on the Border (New York: Ace Books, 1992) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Denis Beauvais]

The Dragon at War (New York: Ace Books, 1993) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Denis Beauvais]

The Dragon, the Earl and the Troll (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Denis Beauvais]

The Dragon and the Djinn (New York: Ace Books, 1995) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Denis Beauvais]

The Dragon and the Gnarly King (New York: Ace Books, 1997) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Boris Vallejo]

The Dragon in Lyonesse (New York: Tor, 1998) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Julie Bell]

The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent (New York: Tor, 2000) [The Dragon and the George: hb/Julie Bell]

individual titles

Alien from Arcturus (New York: Ace Books, 1956) [dos: pb/Ed Valigursky]

Arcturus Landing (New York: Ace Books, 1979) [exp of the above: pb/Gary Cooley]

Mankind on the Run (New York: Ace Books, 1956) [dos: pb/Ed Valigursky]

On the Run (New York: Ace Books, 1979) [vt of the above: pb/Roger Stine]

Time to Teleport (New York: Ace Books, 1960) [dos: first appeared September 1955 Science Fiction Stories as "No More Barriers"; 1960: with The Genetic General above: pb/Ed Emshwiller]

Delusion World (New York: Ace Books, 1961) [dos: short version appeared July 1955 Science Fiction Stories as "Perfectly Adjusted": with Spacial Delivery above: pb/Ed Valigursky]

Time to Teleport; Delusion World (New York: Ace Books, 1981) [omni of the two titles: pb/Steve Hickman]

Naked to the Stars (New York: Pyramid, 1961) [first appeared October-November 1961 F&SF: pb/Ed Emshwiller]

Space Winners (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965) [hb/Leonard Slonesky]

The Alien Way (New York: Bantam Books, 1965) [pb/uncredited]

Naked to the Stars; The Alien Way (New York: Tor, 1991) [ omni of the above plus Naked to the Stars: bound as coll simulating dos: pb/Brian Waugh]

Mission to Universe (New York: Berkley Medallion, 1965) [pb/uncredited]

Mission to Universe (New York: Ballantine/Del Rey, 1977) [rev of the above: pb/H R van Dongen]

Planet Run (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1967) with Keith Laumer [hb/Emanuel Schongut]

Planet Run, Plus Two Bonus Stories: "Once There Was a Giant," by Keith Laumer; "Call Him Lord," by Gordon R Dickson (New York: Tor, 1982) with Keith Laumer [ exp vt as anth: pb/Tom Kidd]

The Space Swimmers (New York: Berkley Medallion, 1967) [pb/Richard Powers]

Home from the Shore (New York: Sunridge Press, 1978) [first appeared February 1963 Galaxy in shorter form: pb/James R Odbert]

None But Man (New York: Doubleday, 1969) [hb/Steve de Vita]

None But Man (New York: Baen Books, 1989) [coll: one story added to the above: pb/Tom Kidd]

Wolfling (New York: Dell Books, 1969) [first appeared January-March 1969 Analog: pb/Jeff Jones]

Hour of the Horde (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1970) [first appeared May 1969 Venture Science Fiction: hb/Charles Brey]

Sleepwalker's World (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J B Lippincott, 1971) [hb/Don Bender]

The Pritcher Mass (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1972) [first appeared August-October 1972 Analog: hb/Margo Herr]

The Outposter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J B Lippincott, 1972) [first appeared May-July 1971 in Analog: hb/uncredited]

Alien Art (New York: E P Dutton, 1973) [hb/Lawrence Hoffman]

The R-Master (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J B Lippincott, 1973) [hb/uncredited]

The Last Master (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1984) [exp vt of the above: pb/David B Mattingly]

Gremlins, Go Home! (New York: St Martin's Press, 1974) with Ben Bova [hb/Kelly Freas]

Gremlins Go Home (New York: Baen Books, 2019) with Ben Bova [vt of the above: pb/Alan Pollack]

Hour of the Gremlins (New York: Baen Books, 2004) [omni containing Wolfling and Hour of the Horde above, and the above title: the novels are unrelated: pb/Csanad Novak]

The Lifeship (New York: Harper and Row, 1976) with Harry Harrison [first appeared February-April 1975 Analog as "Lifeboat": hb/Ed Soyka]

Lifeboat (London: Orbit, 1977) with Harry Harrison [vt of the above: pb/uncredited]

Time Storm (New York: St Martin's Press, 1977) [hb/Don Brautigam]

Tactics of Mistake; Time Storm; The Dragon and the George (London: Gollancz, 2013) [omni of the above plus Tactics of Mistake above from the Dorsai/Childe Cycle series above and The Dragon and the George from The Dragon and the George series above: in the publisher's SF Gateway Omnibus series: pb/Jim Burns]

The Far Call (New York: The Dial Press/James Wade, 1978) [first appeared August-October 1973 Analog: hb/Robert Adragna]

Pro (New York: Ace Books, 1978) [hb/Benvenuti]

Masters of Everon (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1979) [hb/Mike Hinge]

Alien Art and Arcturus Landing (New York: Ace Books, 1981) [omni of the two novels: pb/David Plourde]

Jamie the Red (New York: Ace Books, 1984) with Roland J Green [tie: Thieves' World: pb/Walter Velez]

The Forever Man (New York: Ace Books, 1986) [hb/James Gurney]

Way of the Pilgrim (New York: Ace Books, 1987) [short version appeared August 1980 Analog as "The Cloak and the Staff": hb/John Berkey]

The Earth Lords (New York: Ace Books, 1989) [pb/Keith Parkinson]

Wolf and Iron (New York: Tor, 1990) [hb/Joe Curcio]

The Magnificent Wilf (New York: Baen Books, 1995) [hb/Ruth Sanderson]

collections and stories

Mutants: A Science Fiction Adventure (New York: Macmillan, 1970) [hb/Anthony Sini]

Danger – Human (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1970) [coll: hb/Peter Rauch]

The Book of Gordon R. Dickson (New York: DAW Books, 1973) [coll: vt of the above: pb/Karel Thole]

The Star Road (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1973) [coll: hb/Bill Naegels]

Ancient, My Enemy (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1974) [coll: hb/Peter Rauch]

Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best (New York: Dell, 1978) [coll: pb/George Tsui]

In the Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R Dickson (New York: Ace Books, 1987) [coll: rev vt of the above: pb/Richard Corben]

In Iron Years (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1980) [coll: hb/Soren Arutyunyan]

Love Not Human (New York: Ace Books, 1981) [pb/]

The Man from Earth (New York: Tor, 1983) [coll: pb/David Egge]

Dickson! (Boston, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1984) [coll: hb/Kelly Freas]

Steel Brother (New York: Tor, 1985) [coll: rev vt of the above: pb/Alan Gutierrez]

Survival! (New York: Baen Books, 1984) [coll: pb/Alan Gutierrez]

Forward! (New York: Baen Books, 1985) edited by Sandra Miesel [coll: pb/Paul Chadwick]

Beyond the Dar al-Harb (New York: Tor, 1985) [coll: pb/Alan Gutierrez]

Invaders! (New York: Baen Books, 1985) [coll: pb/Bryn Barnard]

The Man the Worlds Rejected (New York: Tor, 1986) [coll: pb/Alan Gutierrez]

The Last Dream (New York: Baen Books, 1986) [coll: pb/James Warhola]

Mindspan (New York: Baen Books, 1986) edited by Sandra Miesel [coll: pb/James Warhola]

Stranger (New York: Baen Books, 1986) [coll: pb/David Lee Anderson]

Guided Tour (New York: Baen Books, 1988) [coll: pb/David Lee Anderson]

Beginnings (New York: Baen Books, 1988) [coll: pb/Greg West]

Ends (New York: Baen Books, 1988) [coll: pb/Carl Lundgren]

The Human Edge (New York: Pocket Books, 2003) [coll: pb/David B Mattingly]

No Shield from the Dead (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2010) [story: ebook: first appeared January 1953 If: na/]

The Best of Gordon R Dickson, Volume 1 (New York: Baen Books, 2017) [coll: pb/Adam Burn]

works as editor

Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves (New York: Bantam Books, 1963) as by Rod Serling [anth: ghost-edited: pb/]

Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (New York: Bantam Books, 1967) as by Rod Serling [anth: ghost-edited: pb/]

The Day the Sun Stood Still (New York: Thomas Nelson, 1972), a common-theme anthology with Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg [anth: hb/Karl Wurzer]

Combat SF (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1975) [anth: hb/Robert Aulicino]

Nebula Winners Twelve (New York: Harper and Row, 1978) [anth: Nebula Anthologies: Nebula Awards: hb/Kim Kasow]

The Harriers (New York: Baen Books, 1991) [anth: tie: War and Honor: pb/Studio H]

The Harriers #2: Blood and Honor The Harriers (New York: Baen Books, 1993) [anth: tie: War and Honor: pb/Nan Fredman]

Robot Warriors (New York: Ace Books, 1991) with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh [anth: pb/Joe Adams]

about the author

Raymond H Thompson. Gordon R. Dickson: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography (Boston, Massachusetts: G K Hall, 1983) [bibliography: in the publisher's Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy series: hb/]

Gordon Benson Jr and Phil Stephensen-Payne. Gordon R. Dickson: First Dorsai: A Working Bibliography (Leeds, West Yorkshire: Galactic Central Publications, 1990) [bibliography: chap: fourth edition: in the publisher's Bibliographies for the Avid Reader series: pb/nonpictorial]

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