Russell's ebook Library
Act of Creation
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle: Commandant Jiel of the Dorsai must travel to Earth to tell a father about the death of his son. The father is the creator of the robots used by the military. When he developed them, his plan was to use them to make life better for hum...
1 - Dorsai!
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [1]: On the planet Arcadia, a young man and woman and a swamp otter join together to haul the otter's eleven hundred pound statue overland to meet the deadline of a prospective buyer from another planet.Also known as The Genetic General
2 - Necromancer
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [2]: 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 Fra...
3 - Soldier, Ask Not
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [3]: The black-clad mercenaries of the Friendly planets fought where their employer and their God dictated.On New Earth they pitted their fanaticism against the cold courage of the Dorsai. And the implacable hatred of one man, Tam Olyn.O...
4 - The Tactics of Mistake
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [4]: 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.But Bakhalla has more battlefields than librari...
5 - The Spirit of Dorsai
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [5]: 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 ...
6 - Lost Dorsai
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [6]: There are many legends on the planet of the Dorsai, the breeding ground for heroes. Here are two of them.Lost Dorsai1981 Novella Hugo Award WinnerWarrior
7 - The Final Encyclopedia
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [7]: The Final Encyclopedia tells of the events which occur when 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 threaten...
8 - The Chantry Guild
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [8]: A lone ship piloted by Dorsai Amanda Morgan runs the blockade of Earth. She has come to rouse Hal Mayne from his researches on The Final Encyclopedia.The news she brings is frightening: Bleys Ahrens plans to lead the forces of the Y...
9 - Young Bleys
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [9]: By the workings of chance Bleys Ahrens was born the genetic equal of Hal Mayne, the hero of The Final Encyclopedia, but he was destined by nurture to a far different fate. Raised alone by his unhappy Exotic mother, Bleys was an outc...
10 - Other
Gordon R. Dickson
Childe Cycle [10]: Bleys Ahrens is now a political power on the planet Association, home of the Friendlies. His people - his Others, not Dorsai or Friendly or Exotic, but hybrids - are in place in all the new worlds and are ready to take his message ...
11 - Antagonist
Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon
Childe Cycle [11]: 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’ tur...
