Gordon R. Dickson

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

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 and one Nebula award.

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

Biographical timeline

• 1 November 1923: born in Edmonton, Alberta
• 1936 or 1939 (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

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)

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)

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)

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 (1982)
• 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.

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)
• The Human Edge (2003)

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

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

External links

• Obituary at SFWA
• Obituary at StarTribune.com
• Gordon R. Dickson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Gordon R. Dickson's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online