GORDON R. DICKSON

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'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.

Contents

Biographical timeline

Selected bibliography

Hoka series

Novels

Short story collections

Children's books

Awards

External links

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

===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'' (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.

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)

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

★ Obiturary at StarTribune.com

★

★ Bibliography at SciFan

★ Gordon R. Dickson's online fiction at ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''