A Review of a Story by Gordon Dickson

Author’s background, other works, etc.:


Name: DICKSON, Gordon Rupert Aged: 77
Born: Nov 1, 1923 Where: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died: January 31, 2001 Where: Richfield, MN

Awarded: Three Hugos: 1965 short story “Soldier, Ask Not,” 1981 novella “Lost Dorsai,” & 1981 novelette “The Cloak and the Staff.” A Nebula in 1966 for the novelette, “Call Him Lord.” The 1975 Skylark Award for Imaginative Fiction & the 1977 British Fantasy Award for novel, The Dragon and the George. Dickson was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2000.

Dickson’s family moved to the States when he was 13. He became a naturalized citizen and was in the US Army for World War II from 1943 to 1946. Gordy, as his friends used to call him, finished his B.A. in 1948 at the University of Minnesota and lived out the remainder of his life in the Richfield/Minneapolis area. He traveled much, attending many science fiction conventions, visiting other writers, and was in attendan...