gordon r dickson

This is the fourth book in Dickson’s Childe Cycle (in publication order, they seem to hop around chronologically in ways I find myself unable to fathom) and I suspect it will be the last I read. The first book, written in 1959, was a very good piece of early military SF; enjoyable if a little...

I have no idea why but Dorsai! – the first book in the Childe Cycle – is the first book I’ve read by Gordon R Dickson, which is a bit of a sin especially when I enjoyed it so much. This is an uncomplicated piece of early military space opera in which a young officer, from a planet focused on...

What should I read? Where to start? I'm hoping I dig these guys, because I always see a TON of their stuff for super cheap at many, many used book stores. Thanks!

I realize he had a long and prolific career, but I hadn’t read any works by Gordon R. Dickson until now. I don’t recall why, but I put Dickson’s Dorsai series on my hunting list a few months ago. I’ve managed to collect the first 9 books in the series at used stores. I just read the first...

Many moons ago, I recall reading a book called The Tactics of Mistake by Gordon Dickson. I seem to recall that it was quite a good read and have developed an urge to find another copy. But am I viewing the past through a rose tinted VDU? I haven’t found much info on this book so if anybody has...

The Dorsai Books You know...a lot of early filks were written about the Dorsai...some of it by Robert Asprin! While the later books in the Childe Cycle got more into the mental side of things--duels of wit and of ideals and were more about ideology, the earlier books--which still had a lot...

The Dragon Knight I'm really going to miss Gordon Dickson (he passed away earlier this year)...He wrote two things well--SF and Fantasy! (So, I'm making multiple forums :smile: ) Jim and Angie, moderns living in a medieval world (yes, Gordon Dickson was in the SCA, why do you ask ;) The...