New Releases by 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. Our hero''s apolitical to start with but his chemically expanded perspective reveals the flaws in his superficial utopia. Energetically suspenseful, though the intriguing premise of an intelligence-enhancing drug might have been more fully developed.

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. Jim Eckert''s daring exploits have earned him a title - Baron de Bois de Malencontri et Riveroak - and he has settled down to a peaceful life as a feudal lord, with his beloved Angela at his side. But a new peril endangers his enchanted realm - as the King of the Gnarlies teams up with the Earl of Cumberland, Jim''s longtime rival, to kidnap his adopted son, Robert. Soon Sir Jim must assume the shape of the Dragon Knight once again to rescue little Robert, and finds himself entrenched in a magical battle royal - one he''ll have to fight harder than ever to survive!

In this latest of Gordon R. Dickson''s immensely popular adventures of Jim Eckert; the 20th-century mathematician who has come to live in a medieval age where magic works and Jim himself can become a dragon at will, Gordon R. Dickson draws on the richness of the greatest medieval legend of all, the tale of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.In the legends, after their final battle, Arthur and his knights went to Lyonesse, the land under the sea. Now Lyonesse is threatened by a resurgence of the Dark Powers, those mindlessly malevolent forces that struggle to stop the course of History. And Jim Eckert and his friends are called upon to stop them.Arthur and his court live on in Lyonesse because, even though centuries have elapsed, there are still those who believe in them. But Arthur and his knights are proud, too proud to easily accept help from Jim Eckert and his allies. But they will have help, from Jim in his dragon form, from knight-in-armor Sir Brian Neville-Smyth, from the brilliant archer Dafydd ap Hywel, and from one small hobgoblin. The result is a wild ride, an Arthurian fantasy adventure as only Gordon R. Dickson could tell it.

The Dragon Knight is the second book of Gordon R. Dickson''s Dragon Knight series. The novel begins five months after the battle at Loathly Tower which took place in The Dragon and The George.

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. "Jeebee" Walther was a scientist, a student of human behavior, who saw the Collapse of the world economy coming, but could do nothing to stop it. Now he must make his way across a violent and lawless America, in search of a refuge where he can keep the spark of knowledge alive in the coming Dark Age. He could never make it on his own, but he has found a companion who can teach him how to survive on instinct and will. Jeebee has been adopted by a great Gray Wolf.

The machine that controlled all life wouldn''t tolerate any interference. People who refused to be regulated had to be disposed of - isolated, driven insane, murdered. A small group of men had dedicated themselves to fighting this Frankenstein of man''s technological achievement. Secretly they laid plans to destroy the machine and all its worksincluding the millions of people who had accepted their robot-like existence. Either way, the human race was doomed!

They called their secret society Members of the Human Race, but the majority of humanity preferred to call them "the Inhumans." That''s because it was generally believed that they were a vicious masked gang of vivisectionists, mutators, and monster-makers.

Donal Graeme set out to re-shape the galaxy, but first he must tear it apart. Donal Graeme, Dorsai of the Dorsai, was the final link in a long genetic train, the ultimate soldier, whose breadth of vision made him a master of space war and strategy - and something even greater. He was the focus of centuries of evolution, the culmination of planned development, and through him a new force made itself felt. Dorsai were renowned throughout the galaxy as the finest soldiers ever born, trained from birth to fight and win, no matter what the odds. With Donal at their head they embarked upon the final, impossible venture: they set out to unify the splintered worlds of Mankind.

The machine that controlled all life wouldn''t tolerate any interference. People who refused to be regulated had to be disposed of - isolated, driven insane, murdered. A small group of men had dedicated themselves to fighting this Frankenstein of man''s technological achievement. Secretly they laid plans to destroy the machine and all its worksincluding the millions of people who had accepted their robot-like existence. Either way, the human race was doomed!

The Dorsai are the finest soldiers ever trained to fight and win against all odds. The Spirit of Dorsai is an illumination of the heart and soul of the planet Dorsai and its people, showing with epic clarity and unforgettable vision how why the Dorsai fight and live. It tells of the beginning when the first Dorsai was former by mercenaries willing to fight other''s battles to buy freedom for their own homes. It tells how even children and old men fought for the dream of Dorsai. From the mouth of Amanda Morgan, direct descendant of two illustrious women who bore her name, the full story is told in all its splendour.

There are many legends on the planet of the Dorsai, the breeding ground for heroes. Here are two of them. Lost Dorsai: The New Dorsai Companion contains the Hugo Award winning novella, Lost Dorsai, and Dickson''s classic short story "Warrior."

The perfect introduction to Gordon R. Dickson''s acclaimed and influential Dorsai! sequence - one of the first and still one of the best military SF series. The Dorsai! eBook Collection contains: Dorsai! Necromancer Soldier, Ask Not Tactics of Mistake The Spirit of Dorsai Lost Dorsai

Dive into adventure in the last unknown territory on Earth - the sea. Join Robby Hoenig and a cast of characters as unusual as any ever met on a distant planet . . . In the third Robby Hoenig adventure, Secret Under the Caribbean, the key to a baffling puzzle - and the truth about a mysterious monster - are locked inside a sunken Spanish ship . . . Gordon R. Dickson''s Robby Hoenig adventures are timeless young adult stories in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke''s Dolphin Island.

The ancient starship La Chasse Gallerie is found drifting perilously in space. Despite heavy damage from alien Laagi warships, incredibly the ship is till intact and the voice of its pilot, Raoul Penard, comes through loud and clear. But Petard died over one hundred years ago. On Earth, frantic investigation reveals that Petard may be dead but his mind is very much alive, merged with the ship itself. The staggering potential of this evolutionary breakthrough compels the scientists to embark on a technological journey of astonishing discovery.

Gordon R. Dickson’s “Childe Cycle” of novels depicting the future of the human race has been one of the grand epics of science fiction. At the time of his death in 2001, Dickson was writing Antagonist, the tale of Bleys Ahrens’ turn toward darkness. Now Dickson’s assistant David W. Wixon has brilliantly finished the long-awaited book, working from Dickson’s copious notes. Antagonist is a fitting capstone to one of the most ambitious series in SF history. The Childe Cycle is the story of a new human evolution: the development of a real, hardwired sense of “responsibility” shared by all human beings. Donal Graeme was a Dorsai, a mercenary soldier, and also a mutant gifted with insight into the path forward for the human race. Through his gifts Donal would come to bend time and live three lifetimes—and, in the process, run into problems he had not expected: first, his own flaws, and second, the existence of another mutant, Bleys Ahrens. Following Young Bleys and Other, Antagonist advances the story of the formidably powerful Bleys Ahrens. Bleys is a man with a clear vision of the struggle in which he’s involved -- but an increasingly deficient sense of human values. He and his organization, the Others, are tracking down an elusive interplanetary opposition. Meanwhile, Bleys'' own intricate conspiracies and devisings, and his quest for power, which began with the best of motives, have become something darker and fiercer. He''s committed to his plans. They may bring about the advent of Homo superior. And they may destroy the human race.

Two cornerstone novels of the acclaimed “Childe Cycle” return to print in an omnibus edition—with an introduction by David Drake. Throughout humanity’s Fourteen Worlds, no group is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, and ferocious independence...and unbending honor. No one man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the arts of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the human universe. Dorsai! is the saga of Donal Graeme, the uniquely talented Dorsai, with powers beyond those of ordinary men. Once he ventures to the stars, the world of the Dorsai will be changed forever. And The Spirit of Dorsai, written two decades later, is Dickson’s great novel of the women of the Dorsai. For the warrior spirit of the Dorsai does not, cannot reside solely in the men of that race—for when the mercenary Dorsai go to their wars, it is their women who defend their home planet from the predators of the universe. And defend it they do: their home planet has never fallen to an invader, though space is full of the corpses of those who have tried. Through three generations, the unconquerable Amanda Morgan has embodied this warrior spirit. She is more than one lone woman; she is...the spirit of the Dorsai. In this single volume is a pair of military SF classics every fan will want to own.

A Nebula Award-winning AuthorIn the good old days they gave you a suit of armor and a mighty steed to rescue a maiden in distress. But John Tardy didn''t know about this battle until he was in it. No suit of armor, no magnificent charger. He''d have been happy just to arrive on his own two feet, or any way other than as a package labeled Spacial Delivery.

The Childe Cycle, also known as the Dorsai series, is Gordon R. Dickson''s future history of humankind and its ultimate destiny. Now one of its central novels return to print in a two-volume corrected edition. In The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress. Raised to a destiny as humanity''s champion, Hal Mayne must journey deep within his soul to gather the strength he needs to face his ultimate opponent: Bleys Ahrens, the shadowy, powerful leader of the Others. On Hal''s success depends nothing less than the future of the human race... A towering landmark of future history, The Final Encyclopedia is a novel every SF fan needs to own.

Fantasy. Finding himself in a parallel universe ruled by magic, Jim Eckert uses his ability to turn into a dragon to fight the dark powers that threaten the course of history and the life of Jim''s unborn child.

From the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Childe Cycle . . . the Dragon Knight returns! When Jim Eckert found himself magically transported to medieval England, he also found he could transform himself into a dragon at will. Now a baron, Jim must face his most fearsome challenge yet: the invasion of the French, who have forged an alliance with the mighty serpents of the deep.

Bart Dybig, blessed with unusual powers of perception, first is captured by subversives in the wilds of North America, then falls into a pit in an attempt to escape. He emerges in a hierarchical world ruled by dwarfs plotting revenge on the world by unleashing a weapon of total destruction.

A collection of stories speculating on how human beings could dominate the galaxy, including "Call Him Lord," "The Odd Ones," "Danger, Human," and the title story

A collection of eleven stories by the award-winning author, including "Twig," "Brother Charlie," "Call Him Lord," "Act of Creation," and "Tiger Green"

Five stories deal with a disconsolate lighthouse keeper, an encounter with super logical extraterrestrials, interstellar exploration, space traders, and alien invaders

"Several hundred years ago a band of explorers were marooned on Planet Earth. Alas, the Little People are not strong on gadgetry, and they have had to while away the centuries of their youth, living for the day when they could get off this god-forsaken mudball, this most benighted, desolate--and boring!--planetary slum in the Known Universe. At last, the time has come. All they need now is a human--a young one will do--to help them hijack a Shuttle to take them to where their rescue awaits. And that shouldn''t be too hard, for what All-American boy could resist giving a hand to a friendly leprechaun?"--Back cover.

A sudden change of orders sends terraforming engineer Bill Waltham to the backwater planet Dilbia to teach the bearlike natives the basics of techno-farming. But the Dilbians want nothing to do with techno-farming, and Waltham is challenged to a duel that will decide the fate of the entire world.

The Hokas, creatures able to alter their appearances at will, make life difficult for the humanoid explorers of the planet Toka

When the male Dorsai warriors leave their world to fight wars on distant planets, the women Dorsai, led by courageous warrior Amanda Morgan, remain behind as the fierce and unfailing guardians of their home. Reprint. AB.