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[[File:Gordon R. Dickson (Minicon 1974).jpg|thumb|300px|Gordon R. Dickson at Minicon 8, 1974.]] |
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American SF and fantasy writer, best known for his [[Childe Cycle]]/Dorsai future history. |
'''Gordon R. Dickson''' is an American SF and fantasy writer, best known for his [[Childe Cycle]]/Dorsai future history. |
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His other works include the [[Dragon Knight]] series, in which a couple of 20th-century graduate students find themselves in an alternate world that resembles Medieval England but with magic, dragons, and fairies; and the comedy [[Hoka]] series, co-written with [[Poul Anderson]], about a planet whose inhabitants spend all their time pretending to be characters from Earth fiction. |
His other works include the [[Dragon Knight]] series, in which a couple of 20th-century graduate students find themselves in an alternate world that resembles Medieval England but with magic, dragons, and fairies; and the comedy [[Hoka]] series, co-written with [[Poul Anderson]], about a planet whose inhabitants spend all their time pretending to be characters from Earth fiction. |
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=== Works by Gordon R. Dickson with their own trope pages include: === |
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* [[Childe Cycle]] |
* [[Childe Cycle]] |
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* [[The Dragon Knight]] series |
* [[The Dragon Knight]] series |
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* [[Hoka]] series |
* [[Hoka]] series |
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=== Other works by Gordon R. Dickson provide examples of: === |
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* [[Deflector Shields]]: In ''Way of the Pilgrim'' the personal force-shield of any Aalag soldier would allow him to hold out indefinitely against any weapons humanity could throw at him. Even nukes. The ship-board version is presumably even more robust. |
* [[Deflector Shields]]: In ''Way of the Pilgrim'' the personal force-shield of any Aalag soldier would allow him to hold out indefinitely against any weapons humanity could throw at him. Even nukes. The ship-board version is presumably even more robust. |
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* [[Heavyworlder]]: In a short story, which adds an uncommon corollary: things fall faster (or rather, accelerate at a higher rate) on a high-gravity world. One alien from such a world is somewhat stronger, but much faster, because falling over on such a planet is a ''bad'' idea and being able to catch falling things is usually helpful too. |
* [[Heavyworlder]]: In a short story, which adds an uncommon corollary: things fall faster (or rather, accelerate at a higher rate) on a high-gravity world. One alien from such a world is somewhat stronger, but much faster, because falling over on such a planet is a ''bad'' idea and being able to catch falling things is usually helpful too. |
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Gordon R. Dickson is an American SF and fantasy writer, best known for his Childe Cycle/Dorsai future history.
His other works include the Dragon Knight series, in which a couple of 20th-century graduate students find themselves in an alternate world that resembles Medieval England but with magic, dragons, and fairies; and the comedy Hoka series, co-written with Poul Anderson, about a planet whose inhabitants spend all their time pretending to be characters from Earth fiction.
Works written by Gordon R. Dickson include:
- Childe Cycle
- The Dragon Knight series
- Hoka series
Gordon R. Dickson provides examples of the following tropes:
- Deflector Shields: In Way of the Pilgrim the personal force-shield of any Aalag soldier would allow him to hold out indefinitely against any weapons humanity could throw at him. Even nukes. The ship-board version is presumably even more robust.
- Heavyworlder: In a short story, which adds an uncommon corollary: things fall faster (or rather, accelerate at a higher rate) on a high-gravity world. One alien from such a world is somewhat stronger, but much faster, because falling over on such a planet is a bad idea and being able to catch falling things is usually helpful too.
- Superweapon Surprise: In a short story, an aggressive alien race discovers Earth by analysis of floating space debris and launches a covert surveillance mission as a prelude to invasion. Sadly for the aliens, they discover that the humans not only know about them, they used the alien mission as a tool to psychologically profile the would-be conquerors and find out all about their civilization and military capabilities.
- Vichy Earth: The Way of the Pilgrim tells a pretty straightforward interpretation of this trope, with the protagonist, a translator/pet for the occupying Aalaag, organizing a revolution with the power of the indomitable human spirit. They have to, since militarily La Résistance is futile--if he had to, one fully armored Aalaag could defeat every human army in an afternoon.