Gordon R. Dickson Reading Order

34 books (1952–2021)

Gordon R. Dickson contributed to 33 anthology collections between 1952 and 2014, spanning science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction works. These anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with his appearance in Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy in December 1952 and concluding with his final anthology appearance in 2014. The series is now complete and documents Dickson's involvement across major science fiction publications including Analog and various themed collections throughout his six-decade career.

Start with Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1952 Vol 3 No 7, the first of 33 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1952 Vol 3 No 7 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Space Service 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Star Science Fiction Stories No. 6 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Analog 3 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1965 July 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1965 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Analog 6 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Analog Science Fiction And Fact, May 1971 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1971 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1971 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Day the Sun Stood Still 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Wondermakers 2 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Alpha 6 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Beyond Tomorrow 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Nebula Awards 12 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Nebula Winners No. 12: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Rod Serling's Other Worlds 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Weekend Book of Science Fiction 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Science Fiction A to Z 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dragons 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Good Old Stuff 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Robert Silverberg Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories (1964) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The World Turned Upside Down 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Already Among Us 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Good Stuff 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Anthropomorphic Aliens 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Amazing Stories, Volume 87 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1960–2007)

The Childe Cycle is an 11-book science fiction series by Gordon R. Dickson, spanning from 1960 to 2007, that should be read in publication order beginning with Dorsai! (also titled The Genetic General). The series is complete and explores themes of human potential and evolution across interconnected stories set in a far-future universe. Each novel can function as an entry point, though reading in publication order provides the most rewarding narrative experience as the overall mythology deepens and interconnects.

Start with Dorsai! / The Genetic General, the first of 11 books in the Childe Cycle series.

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1	Dorsai! / The Genetic General 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Necromancer / No Room for Man 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Soldier, Ask Not 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Tactics Of Mistake 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Spirit of Dorsai 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Lost Dorsai 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Final Encyclopedia 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Chantry Guild 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Young Bleys 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Other 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Antagonist(With: David W. Wixon) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1986–1986)

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1	The Dorsai Companion 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1952–2003)

Gordon R. Dickson's Collections series comprises 19 books published between 1952 and 2003, presenting a complete collection of his science fiction and fantasy works. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Time Grabber and progressing through titles like Planet Run, Danger-Human, The Star Road, and Invaders. The series brings together Dickson's varied short fiction and related pieces, with most entries standing as individual works rather than forming a continuous narrative. This comprehensive gathering of his writing spans decades and showcases his range across multiple genres in the speculative fiction landscape.

Start with Time Grabber, the first of 19 books in the Collections series.

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1	Time Grabber 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Analog 1 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Planet Run(By: Keith Laumer) 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Danger-human 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book of Gordon Dickson 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Star Road 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	In Iron Years 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Love Not Human 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Forward 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Invaders 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Man the Worlds Rejected 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	In the Bone 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Stranger 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Beginnings 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Ends 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Guided Tour 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Bootcamp 3000 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Hour of the Gremlins 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Human Edge 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1977–1989)

The Combat Command series consists of ten science fiction and fantasy novels published between 1977 and 1989, now complete. This shared-world anthology series features contributions from multiple authors including Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Lynn Asprin, and others, with each book exploring different facets of military conflict and command across various settings. Readers should follow the publication order, beginning with The Cold Cash War and concluding with Dorsai's Command, to experience the full narrative arc of the collection.

Start with The Cold Cash War(By: Robert Lynn Asprin), the first of 10 books in the Combat Command series.

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1	The Cold Cash War(By: Robert Lynn Asprin) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cut by Emerald(By: Dana Kramer) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shines the Name(By: Mark Acres) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Omega Rebellion(By: Troy Denning) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Lord of Lances(By: Mark Acres) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Slammers Down!(By: Todd Johnson) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Black Road War(By: Neil Randall) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Legion At War(By: J. Andrew Keith) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Cold Cash Warrior(By: Bill Fawcett,Robert Lynn Asprin) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Dorsai's Command 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1960–2000)

The Dilbia series is a three-book science fiction fantasy collection by Gordon R. Dickson, published between 1960 and 2000. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Spacial Delivery, followed by Space Paw, and concluding with The Right to Arm Bears. These standalone yet interconnected stories are set in the same universe and best appreciated when experienced sequentially from their original release dates.

Start with Spacial Delivery and read in order.

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1	Spacial Delivery 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Space Paw 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Right to Arm Bears 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1976–2000)

The Dragon and the George series comprises nine fantasy novels by Gordon R. Dickson published between 1976 and 2000, forming a complete sequence that should be read in publication order. Beginning with The Dragon and the George, the series continues through The Dragon Knight, The Dragon at War, The Dragon on the Border, The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll, The Dragon and The Djinn, The Dragon & the Gnarly King, The Dragon in Lyonesse, and concludes with The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent. This fantasy series blends adventure and magical elements across its interconnected narrative arc.

Start with The Dragon and the George, the first of 9 books in the Dragon and the George series.

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1	The Dragon and the George 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dragon Knight 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Dragon at War 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Dragon on the Border 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Dragon and The Djinn 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Dragon & the Gnarly King 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Dragon in Lyonesse 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1957–2000)

The Hoka series consists of four science fiction and fantasy books by Gordon R. Dickson, beginning with Earthman's Burden in 1957 and concluding with Hokas Pokas! in 2000. These stories should be read in publication order to fully appreciate the developing narrative. The complete series includes Earthman's Burden, Star Prince Charlie, Hoka!, and Hokas Pokas!

Start with Earthman's Burden, the first of 4 books in the Hoka series.

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1	Earthman's Burden 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Star Prince Charlie 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hoka! 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Hokas Pokas! 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1983–1983)

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1	Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1985–1985)

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1	Beyond the Dar Al-Harb 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1992–1992)

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1	Green Guide: Mushrooms and Toadstools 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1967–1978)

Gordon R. Dickson's Sea People is a two-book science fiction series comprising The Space Swimmers (1967) and Home from the Shore (1978). The series is complete and should be read in publication order. These standalone yet connected novels explore imaginative speculative fiction concepts characteristic of Dickson's broader work in science fiction and fantasy.

Start with The Space Swimmers and read in order.

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1	The Space Swimmers 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Home from the Shore 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1953–2011)

Gordon R. Dickson's two-book collection of short fiction spans from 1953 to 2011, comprising No Shield from the Dead and It Hardly Seems Fair. This complete series should be read in publication order to follow the author's intended sequence. Dickson's work across these pieces blends elements of fantasy and science fiction, showcasing his versatility across multiple genres throughout his long writing career.

Start with No Shield from the Dead and read in order.

37 books (1956–1995)

Gordon R. Dickson's Standalone Novels series comprises 37 science fiction and fantasy books published between 1956 and 1995, now complete. Though each novel operates as an independent story, readers should follow publication order beginning with Alien from Arcturus to experience Dickson's evolving exploration of space travel, alien encounters, and human adaptation across four decades of speculative fiction.

Start with Alien from Arcturus / Arcturus Landing, the first of 37 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Alien from Arcturus / Arcturus Landing 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Mankind on the Run / On the Run 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Time to Teleport 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Delusion World 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Naked to the Stars 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Mission to Universe 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Space Winners 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Alien Way 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	None but Man 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wolfling 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Hour of the Horde 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Mutants 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Sleepwalker's World 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Outposter 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Pritcher Mass 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Alien Art 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Last Master 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The R-Master 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Ancient, My Enemy 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Gremlins Go Home(With: Ben Bova) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Lifeship / Lifeboat(With: Harry Harrison) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Time Storm 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Pro 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Far Call 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Masters of Everon 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Man from Earth 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Jamie the Red 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Survival 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Secrets of the Deep 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Steel Brother 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Mindspan 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Forever Man 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Last Dream 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Way of the Pilgrim 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Earth Lords 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Wolf and Iron 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Magnificent Wilf 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1974–1981)

Stellar is a complete science fiction and fantasy anthology series comprising eight volumes published between 1974 and 1981. Edited primarily by Judy-Lynn del Rey, the series features short stories and short novels from prominent science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Clifford D. Simak, and many others. The books should be read in publication order to experience the anthology's evolution across its eight installments.

Start with Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey), the first of 8 books in the Stellar series.

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1	Stellar #1(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Stellar #2(By: Isaac Asimov,Larry Niven,Howard Waldrop,Clifford D. Simak,Jack C. Haldeman II,Steven Utley,Hal Clement,James White,Richard S. Simak,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Patrick G. Conner) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Stellar Short Novels(With: Andrew J. Offutt,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Shawn Oueinsteen) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stellar #3(By: Jack L. Chalker,Clifford D. Simak,Gene DeWeese,Jeffrey M. Wallman,Charles W. Runyon,Mildred Downey Broxon,Henry Melton,Judy-Lynn del Rey,Arsen Darney,B. Lee Cooper,Larry S. Haverkos,Steve Utley,Bill Starr) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Stellar #4(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stellar #5(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Stellar #6(By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Stellar #7(By: Terry Carr,Leanne Frahm,Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1960–1964)

Gordon R. Dickson's Under the Sea trilogy consists of three complete books published between 1960 and 1964. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Secret Under the Sea, followed by Secret under Antarctica, and concluding with Secret Under the Caribbean. This fantasy and science fiction series offers standalone adventures that are best experienced sequentially to follow the narrative progression.

Start with Secret Under the Sea and read in order.

#	Title
1	Secret Under the Sea 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Secret under Antarctica 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Secret Under the Caribbean 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1991–1993)

The War and Honor series is a three-book science fiction and fantasy collection published between 1991 and 1993. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Harriers followed by Of War and Honor, a collaboration with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The subsequent volumes, Blood and War, continue as co-authored works with both Yarbro and Christopher Stasheff.

Start with The Harriers / Of War and Honor(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) and read in order.

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1	The Harriers / Of War and Honor(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Blood and War(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Christopher Stasheff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Blood and War(With: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Christopher Stasheff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible