Gordon R. Dickson

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Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was a Canadian science fiction author. Although he was born in Canada, he spent most of his life in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle books. He won three Hugo awards.

Contents 1 Biographical timeline 2 Selected bibliography 2.1 Childe Cycle 2.2 Dragon Knight series 2.3 Hoka series 2.4 Novels 2.5 Short stories 2.6 Children's 3 Awards 4 External links

[edit] Biographical timeline

• 1 November 1923—born in Edmonton, Alberta
• 1936 or 1937 (age 13)—emigrated to United States
• 1943–1946—served in the United States Army
• 1948—received Bachelor of Arts from University of Minnesota
• 1948–1950—attended University of Minnesota for graduate work
• 31 January 2001—died

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Childe Cycle

• Dorsai! (1960) (as The Genetic General; workup ’76)
• Necromancer (1962) (vt No Room for Man)
• Soldier, Ask Not (1967)
• Tactics of Mistake (1971)
• The Spirit of Dorsai (1979)
• Lost Dorsai (1980)
• The Final Encyclopedia (1984)
• The Chantry Guild (1988)
• Young Bleys (1991)
• Other (1994)

[edit] Dragon Knight series

• The Dragon and the George (1976)
• The Dragon Knight (1990)
• The Dragon at War (1992)
• The Dragon on the Border (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

• Hoka! (1983) (with Poul Anderson)
• Hokas Pokas (2000) (with Poul Anderson)

[edit] Novels

• Alien from Arcturus (1956) (also known as Arcturus Landing)
• Mankind on the Run (1956) (as On the Run, 1979)
• Naked to the Stars (1961)
• Spacial Delivery (1961)
• The Alien Way (1965)
• Mission to Universe (1965) (rev. ’77)
• 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, ’84)
• Lifeboat (1977) (with Harry Harrison)

• Time Storm (1977)
• The Far Call (1978)
• Home from the Shore (1978)
• Pro (1978)
• Masters of Everon (1980)
• Jamie the Red (1984) (with Roland Green)
• Survival! (1984)
• Phu Nham (1984) (with Poul Anderson)
• 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)

[edit] Short stories

• Earthman’s Burden (1957) (w. Poul Anderson)
• Delusion World (1961) (novella)
• Danger – Human (1970) (as The Book of Gordon Dickson, ’73)
• Mutants (1970)
• The Star Road (1973)
• Ancient, My Enemy (1974)
• Gordon R. Dickson’s SF Best (1978)
• In Iron Years (1980)
• Love Not Human (1981)
• The Man from Earth (1983)
• Dickson! (1984) (vt Steel Brother)
• Forward! (1985)
• Beyond the Dar Al-Harb (1985)
• Invaders! (1985)
• The Man the Worlds Rejected (1986)
• Mindspan (1986)
• The Last Dream (1986)
• In the Bone (1987)
• The Stranger (1987)
• Guided Tour (1988)
• Beginnings (1988)
• Endings (1988)

[edit] Children's

• Secret under the Sea (1960)
• Secret under Antarctica (1963)
• Secret under the Caribbean (1964)

[edit] Awards

Hugo Awards

• "Soldier, Ask Not" for best short story, 1965
• "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

• Obituary at SFWA
• Gordon R. Dickson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Bibliography at SciFan