Gordon R Dickson
Border warfare on the pleiades: the pleiades planets, the last outpost of the human frontier, has become an interstellar hotbed.
Gordon R. Dickson
A science fiction classic from a master celebrated author gordon r dickson&39;s classic novel pitting good against evil back in printthe sleeper wakesthe energy crisis has been solved core taps have been driven 300 miles into the earth to tap into the subterranean power source at its core the only catch when activated the core taps disrupt brain waves sending everyone nearby into a deep forced sleep it’s a small price to pay for a world of plenty or so it seemsrafe harald is one of the few humans not affected by the core taps back from the moon where he has been preparing for humankind’s first trek into deep space he makes his way through a shadowy night world of induced slumber he’s come to discover the whereabouts of a missing colleague what he’ll find is a mysterious figure known as the old man—and a conspiracy so devious in its design he’ll wish it was a nightmarebut soon the old man will discover that he has awoken a sleeping giant in rafe harald and on a planet of perpetual sleep a new day is about to dawnabout the authorgordon r dickson (1923-2001) was one of the most prolific and popular science fiction writers of the 20th century frequently nominated for the hugo and nebula awards and winning three hugos and one nebula he also received the jupiter august derleth and skylark awards and was inducted into the science fiction hall of fame he published nearly fifty solo novels as well as several collaborations with such sf masters as poul anderson ben bova keith laumer and harry harrison and over one hundred and fifty short stories novelettes and novellas his most popular works were the novels and shorter pieces in the childe cycle (which included the dorsai stories) also very popular was his dragon series of fantasy novels which began with the award-winning the dragon and the george and continued for a total of nine novels and the humorous hoka stories co-authored with poul anderson .
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Dive into adventure in the last unknown territory on earth - the sea.
Gordon R. Dickson
The best of the best from a legendary master of science fiction, the first of two volumes.
Gordon R. Dickson
A classic of science fiction from sf legend gordon r dickson winner of three hugo awards a nebula award and an inductee into the science fiction hall of famewhen the first expedition from earth reaches alpha centuari iii it makes a startling discovery all life including humankind is governed by the throne world the earth is a mere outpost in a vast star empirejim keil was a superman on earth but on the throne world he is nothing more than a "wolfling" a trained pet whose sole purpose is to entertain the high-born but jim keil will show the high-born that the people of earth aren&39;t so easily tamedmeet the authorgordon r dickson (1923-2001) was one of the most prolific and popular science fiction writers of the 20th century frequently nominated for the hugo and nebula awards and winning three hugos and one nebula he also received the jupiter august derleth and skylark awards and was inducted into the science fiction hall of fame he published nearly fifty solo novels as well as several collaborations with such sf masters as poul anderson ben bova keith laumer and harry harrison and over one hundred and fifty short stories novelettes and novellas his most popular works were the novels and shorter pieces in the childe cycle (which included the dorsai stories) also very popular was his dragon series of fantasy novels which began with the award-winning the dragon and the george and continued for a total of nine novels and the humorous hoka stories co-authored with poul anderson .
Gordon R. Dickson
A classic of science fiction from sf legend gordon r dickson winner of three hugo awards a nebula award and an inductee into the science fiction hall of fame humans and alien adversaries contend on a world whose inhabitants resemble bears both in appearance and in temperamenta bear of a choice!
Gordon R. Dickson
Thrown into the alternate universe of 14th-century england, 20th-century mathematician jim eckert and his wife, angie, have become sir james, baron de bois de malencontri, and lady angela.
Gordon R. Dickson
After the collapse of civilization, when the social fabric of america has come apart in bloody rags, when every man's hand is raised against another, and only the strong survive.
Gordon R. Dickson
Bloomsbury green guides are portable handbooks to the most commonly found species in britain and europe.
Gordon R. Dickson
The human race had settled more than a hundred worlds before it met the emerging planets fairness court - six alien species who sit in judgment on all galactic newcomers.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Jef robini is sent to the planet everon find out why all efforts to create a stable colony on the planet have failed and discovers the cat-like maolots, mysterious inhabitants of everon..
Gordon R. Dickson
A collection containing secret under the sea, secret under antarctica, and secret under the caribbean.
Gordon R. Dickson
Patrick joya lifted his head to scan the southern sky and saw a dark bluish shape flicker against the clouds.
Gordon R. Dickson
One day kil bruner was a solid class a engineer in a society of world police and citizen files, jet-set migrants and status-ranking stability keys.
Gordon R. Dickson
Hal mayne is lured away from important research aboard the final encyclopedia by the shattering news of the younger worlds' oncoming defeat--an inevitable triumph for the cross-cultural hybrids known as the others.
Gordon R. Dickson
The ancient starship la chasse gallerie is found drifting perilously in space.
Gordon R. Dickson
Bleys ahrens is now a political power on the planet association, home of the friendlies.
Gordon R. Dickson
It's obvious that cletus graeme--limping, mild-mannered scholarly--doesn't belong on a battling field, but instead at a desk working on his fourth book on battle strategy and tactics.
Gordon R. Dickson
After the collapse of civilization, when the social fabric of america has come apart in bloody rags, when every man's hand is raised against another, and only the strong survive.
Gordon R. Dickson
Stranded on the quarantined world of quebahr, the first high-school students selected to leave earth for study in the galactic federation must overcome their lack of training and learn to adapt and survive.
Gordon R. Dickson
In this latest of gordon r.
Gordon R. Dickson
Baron jim is in the thick of it again.
Gordon R. Dickson
The dorsai are the finest soldiers ever trained to fight and win against all odds.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Through no fault of his own, the once human jim eckert had become a dragon.
Gordon R. Dickson
There had to be a reason why that isolated human colony had been able to survive mankind's implacable enemies.
Gordon R. Dickson
After a strange fungal growth had irrevocably contaminated the planet, humanity's only hope lay in the farthest reaches of the solar system where the incredible pritcher mass searched psychic wavelengths for living worlds.
Gordon R. Dickson
The machine that controlled all life wouldn't tolerate any interference.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
They called their secret society members of the human race, but the majority of humanity preferred to call them "the inhumans.
Gordon R. Dickson
The black-clad mercenaries of the friendly planets fought where their employer and their god dictated.
Gordon R. Dickson
A repressively benevolent bureaucracy, intent on limiting and harnessing the effects of an iq-boosting drug known as r-47, is thwarted by an underground led by an r-master, latest of the drug-produced supergeniuses.
Gordon R. Dickson
During an action on the third planet from arcturus, soldier cal truent woke up in the hospital with a sixteen-hour hole in his memory.
Gordon R. Dickson
There are many legends on the planet of the dorsai, the breeding ground for heroes.
Gordon R. Dickson
Donal graeme set out to re-shape the galaxy, but first he must tear it apart.
Gordon R. Dickson
As a young mathematician, jim eckert was transported to a parallel medieval world where he found he had the ability to transform himself into a large but none-too-bright dragon named gorbash.
Gordon R. Dickson
One man is mentally linked to an alien who is spearheading an invasion of earth; a group of soldiers fight to win new space for earth; and a small group of men fight against a machine that controls all life..
Gordon R. Dickson
In the dragon on the border, sir james, the dragon knight, faces his most terrifying challenge - the hollow men, spirits of the dead in empty suits of armour.
Gordon R. Dickson
Throughout the fourteen worlds of humanity, no race is as feared and respected as the dorsai.
Gordon R. Dickson
"from beyond the closed door of the room, a high-pitched humming was barely audible.
Gordon R. Dickson
Filled with adventure, humor, and excitement, a thrilling trio of stories, by two science fiction masters, features gremlins, go home, in which baneen devises a plan so that he and his fellow gremlins can leave earth and return to gremla.