Gordon R. Dickson

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Gordon Dickson lecturing.

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.

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

Selected bibliography

Novels

Time Storm (1977), 1982 Sphere paperback edition. 362 pages

• Alien from Arcturus (1956) (also known as Arcturus Landing)
• Mankind on the Run (1956) (as On the Run, 1979)
• Dorsai! (1960) (as The Genetic General; workup ’76)
• Naked to the Stars (1961)
• Necromancer (1962) (vt No Room for Man)
• The Alien Way (1965)
• Mission to Universe (1965) (rev. ’77)
• The Space Swimmers (1967)
• Planet Run (1967) (with Keith Laumer)
• Soldier, Ask Not (1967)
• Spacepaw (1969)
• Wolfling (1969)
• None But Man (1969)
• Hour of the Horde (1970)
• The Tactics of Mistake (1971)
• Sleepwalkers’ World (1971)
• The Outposter (1972)
• The Pritcher Mass (1972)
• Alien Art (1973)
• The R-Master (1973) (rev. as The Last Master, ’84)
• The Dragon and the George (1976)
• Lifeboat (1977) (with Harry Harrison)
• Time Storm (1977)
• The Far Call (1978)
• Home from the Shore (1978)
• Pro (1978)
• The Spirit of Dorsai (1979)
• Lost Dorsai (1980)
• Masters of Everon (1980)
• Jamie the Red (1984) (with Roland Green)
• The Final Encyclopedia (1984)
• Survival! (1984)
• Phu Nham (1984) (with Poul Anderson)
• The Forever Man (1986)
• Way of the Pilgrim (1987)
• The Chantry Guild (1988)
• The Earth Lords (1989)
• The Dragon Knight (1990)
• Wolf and Iron (1990)
• Young Bleys (1991)
• The Dragon at War (1992)
• The Dragon on the Border (1992)
• Other (1994)
• The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (1994)
• The Magnificent Wilf (1995)
• 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)
• The Right to Arm Bears (2000)

Short stories

• Earthman’s Burden (1957) (w. Poul Anderson)
• Delusion World (1961) (novella)
• Special Delivery (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)
• Hoka! (1983) (w. Poul Anderson)
• 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)
• Hokas Pokas (2000) (w. Poul Anderson)

Children's

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

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

• "Computers Don't Argue" for best novelette, 1965
• "Call Him Lord" for best novelette, 1966

External links

• [Obituary] at SFWA
• [] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• [Bibliography] at SciFan

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