Lost Dorsai (Dorsai/Childe Cycle)
 Highly entertaining addition, but not required reading: Like "The Spirit of Dorsai" before, this volume fills in some elements of the overall Cycle and gives us some insight into some of the smaller details, but if you skip it you really won't [... more]
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The Dragon Knight (Tor Fantasy)
Camelot, It's Not: Remember the Middle Ages? You know, when castles were gleaming with banners streaming, knights wore shining armour and carried lances that never broke, and the ladies and damsels were all quiet beautiful, whether in distress or not. [... more]
$19.95
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Necromancer (Dorsai/Childe Cycle)
Necessary to get the Childe Cycle ball rolling: I have no idea what order the Childe Cycle (aka that series with Dorsai) was published in . . . I'm reading them in the order listed on the back of the Final Encyclopedia, which gives this as the first book [... more]
$5.99
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Wolf And Iron
Don't judge Dickson by this work: I have been a fan of Dickson's work for years. The Childe Cycle and the Dragon Knight series are both top notch. Wolf and Iron is slow paced and almost pointless. It is really a misplaced frontier adventure, with only a [... more]
$6.99
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The Final Encyclopedia, Volume One of Two (Dorsai/Childe ...
A worthy conclusion to the Childe Cycle: Gordon Dickson's The Final Encyclopedia is a fitting conclusion to a top-notch science fiction series. It tells the story of Hal Mayne, who as an infant was found deserted in a spaceship among the stars. He was [... more]
$17.95
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Antagonist (Bleys)
NOT "the Capstone of the Childe Cycle" ! Not by half ...: Let me re-emphasize that point ... "Antagonist" is NOT the long-awaited conclusion to the Childe Cycle, and if you are responding to the pre-release advertising to that effect . [... more]
$27.95
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The Dragon Knight (A Tor Book)
Camelot, It's Not: Remember the Middle Ages? You know, when castles were gleaming with banners streaming, knights wore shining armour and carried lances that never broke, and the ladies and damsels were all quiet beautiful, whether in distress or not. [... more]
$6.99
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The Dragon & the Gnarly King
what is wrong with you people?: I really do not get you reviewers who are short changing this book by far. Dickson's Dragon Knight series is one of the best set of books out there! In this book I admire his development of the character of Hill, who [... more]
$6.99
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Young Bleys (Childe Cycle/Gordon R. Dickson)
Childe Cycle must read: Read all of the following: Dorsaii, Necromancer, Final Encyclopedia, Young Bleys, Other, Chantry Guild in that order. You will enjoy Other's story of the not-so-evil Bleys Ahrens and the evolution of the first Others. The Others [... more]
$19.95
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Dragon and the George
Fluffy fantasy: I guess a lot of folks think of this as a fantasy classic. I never read it as teen, and I think that's who its aimed toward. It seemed pretty standard to me. It's decent but nothing really unexpected happens. As a adult reader who expects [... more]
$6.99
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Hour of the Gremlins
3 novels under 1 cover: This is in fact an omnibus of 3 novels, not a sequel to the earlier collaboration of Dickson and Bova (called "Gremlins Go Home") Here's a brief summary of what we're treated to here: "Gremlins Go Home", a [... more]
$7.99
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Guided Tour
Author: Gordon R. Dickson Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780812535891 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0812535898 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 1988-02-15 [... more]
$3.50
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