Gordon R. Dickson bibliography
Open-knowledge reference entry
The complete bibliography of Gordon R. Dickson.
Collections and anthologies
1950s
1957 Earthman's Burden, with Poul Anderson (Gnome, hc, collection)
""The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch", aka "Heroes Are Made" (1951, ss)
"Don Jones" (original nv)
"In Hoka Signo Vinces" (1953, ss)
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" (1953, nv)
"Yo Ho Hoka!" (1955, nv)
"The Tiddlywink Warriors" (1955, nv)
1960s
1963 Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves, ghost-edited by Dickson (Bantam, pb, collection)
"The Amulet" (1959, ss)
1967 Rod Serling's Devils and Demons, ghost-edited by Dickson (Bantam, pb, collection)
1970s
1970 Danger—Human (Doubleday, hc, collection)
"Danger - Human!" (1957, ss)
"Dolphin's Way" (1964, ss)
"And Then There Was Peace" (1962, ss)
"The Man from Earth (short story)|The Man from Earth" (1964, ss)
"Black Charlie" (1954, ss)
"Zeepsday" (1956, ss)
"Lulungomeena" (1954, ss)
"An Honorable Death" (1961, ss)
"Flat Tiger" (1956, ss)
"James" (1955, ss)
"The Quarry" (1958, ss)
"Call Him Lord" (1966, ss)
"Steel Brother" (1952, nv)
1970 Mutants (Macmillan, hc, collection)
"Warrior" (1965, nv)
"Of the People" (1955, ss)
"Danger - Human!" (1957, ss)
"Rehabilitated" (1961, ss)
"Listen" (1952, ss)
"Roofs of Silver" (1962, nv)
"By New Hearth Fires" (1959, ss)
"Idiot Solvant" (1962, ss)
"The Immortal" (1965, nv)
"Miss Prinks" (1954, ss)
"Home from the Shore" (1963, nv)* 1973 The Book of Gordon Dickson, retitle of 1970s Danger—Human (DAW, pb, collection)
1973 The Star Road (Doubleday, hc, collection)
"Whatever Gods There Be" (1961, ss)
"Hilifter", aka "None But Man" (1963, ss)
"Building on the Line" (1968, nv)
"The Christmas Present" (1958, ss)
"Three-Part Puzzle" (1962, ss)
"On Messenger Mountain" (1964, na)
"The Catch" (1959, ss)
"Jackal's Meal" (1969, nv)
"The Mousetrap" (1952, ss)
1974 Ancient, My Enemy (Doubleday, hc, collection)
"Ancient, My Enemy" (1969, nv)
"The Odd Ones" (1955, ss)
"The Monkey Wrench" (1951, ss)
"Tiger Green" (1965, nv)
"The Friendly Man" (1951, ss)
"Love Me True" (1961, ss)
"Our First Death" (1955, nv)
"In the Bone (short story)|In the Bone", (1966, ss)
"The Bleak and Barren Land" (1953, nv)
1975 Combat SF, Gordon R. Dickson ed, (Doubleday, hc, anthology)
"Ricochet on Miza" (1952, ss)
1978 Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best, James R. Frenkel ed, (Dell, pb, collection)
"Hilifter" (1963, ss)
"Brother Charlie" (1958, nv)
"Act of Creation" (1957, ss)
"Idiot Solvant" (1962, ss)
"Call Him Lord" (1966, ss)
"Tiger Green" (1965, nv)
"Of the People" (1955, ss)
"Dolphin's Way" (1964, ss)
"In the Bone", (1966, ss)
1978 Nebula Winners Twelve, Gordon R. Dickson ed, (collection: Harper & Row, hc; Bantam, pb, 1979)
1979 The Spirit of Dorsai (Ace, pb, collection)
"Amanda Morgan" (original na)
"Brothers" (1973, na)
1980s
1980 In Iron Years (collection: Doubleday, hc; Ace, pb, 1981)* 1980 In Iron Years (collection: Doubleday, hc; Ace, pb, 1981)
"In Iron Years" (nv)
"Homecoming" (ss)
"A Taste of Tenure" (nv)
"The Hours Are Good" (ss)
"Gifts" (ss)
"Zeepsday" (ss)
"Things Which Are Caesar's" (na)
1980 Lost Dorsai (Ace, tp, collection)
"Lost Dorsai" (revised na)
"Warrior" (nv)
"The Final Encyclopedia: An Excerpt"
1981 Love Not Human, (Ace, pb, collection)
"Black Charlie" (ss)
"Moon, June, Spoon, Croon" (ss)
"The Summer Visitors" (ss)
"Listen" (ss)
"Graveyard" (nv)
"Fido" (ss)
"The Breaking of Jerry McCloud" (ss)
"Love Me True" (ss)
"The Christmas Present" (ss)
"It Hardly Seems Fair" (ss)
"The Monster and the Maiden", aka "The Mortal and the Monster" (na)
1983 Hoka! with Poul Anderson (Wallaby, tp, collection)
"Joy in Mudville" (nv)
"Undiplomatic Immunity" (nv)
"Full Pack (Hokas Wild)" (nv)
"The Napoleon Crime" (nv)
1983 The Man from Earth (Tor, pb, collection)
"Call Him Lord" (ss)
"The Odd Ones" (ss)
"In the Bone" (ss)
"Danger—Human" (ss)
"Tiger Green" (nv)
"The Man from Earth" (ss)
"Ancient, My Enemy" (nv)
"The Bleak and Barren Land" (nv)
"Steel Brother" (nv)
"Love Me True" (ss)
1984 Survival! (Baen, pb, collection)
"After the Funeral", (ss)
"Breakthrough Gang", (ss)
"Button, Button", (ss)
"Carry Me Home", (nv)
"Friend for Life", (ss)
"The General and the Axe", (nv)
"Jean Dupres", (nv)
"No Shield from the Dead", (ss)
"Our First Death", (nv)
"The Question", (ss)
"Rescue", (ss)
"The Underground", (nv)
1984 Dickson! (NESFA Press, hc, collection, limited ed)
"Childe Cycle: Status 1984" (updated article)
"The Hard Way" (nv)
"The Law-Twister Shorty" (nv)
"Out of the Darkness" (ss)
"Perfectly Adjusted" (na)
"Steel Brother" (nv)
1985 Steel Brother, retitle of Dickson! plus one story (Tor, pb, collection)
"The Man in the Mailbag" (nv)
1985 Beyond the Dar Al-Harb (Tor, pb, collection)
"Beyond the Dar Al-Harb" (original na)
"On Messenger Mountain" (na)
"Things Which Are Caesar's" (na)
1985 Forward! Sandra Miesel ed (Baen, pb, collection)
"Babes in the Wood" (ss)
"Building on the Line" (nv)
"The Dreamsman" (ss)
"The Game of Five" (nv)
"Guided Tour" (verse)
"Napoleon's Skullcap" (nv)
"One on Trial" (ss)
"The Queer Critter" (ss)
"The R of A" (ss)
"Rescue Mission" (ss)
"Robots are Nice?" (ss)
"Twig" (nv)
1985 Invaders! (Baen, pb, collection)
"The Error of Their Ways" (ss)
"Fellow of the Bees" (nv)
"The Invaders" (na)
"Itco's Strong Right Arm" (nv)
"The Law-Twister Shorty" (nv)
"An Ounce of Emotion" (nv)
"Ricochet on Miza" (ss)
"Roofs of Silver" (nv)
1986 The Dorsai Companion, with commentary by Sandra Miesel (Ace, pb, collection)
"Amanda Morgan" (na)
"Brothers" (na)
"Lost Dorsai" (revised na)
"Warrior" (nv)
1986 The Last Dream, (Baen, pb, collection)
"The Amulet" (ss)
"A Case History" (ss)
"The Girl Who Played Wolf" (ss)
"The Haunted Village" (nv)
"The Last Dream" (ss)
"The Present State of Igneos Research" (article)
"Salmanazar" (ss)
"St. Dragon and the George" (nv)
"The Three" (ss)
"Walker Between the Planes" (na)
"With Butter and Mustard", (ss)
"Ye Prentice and Ye Dragon" (verse)
1986 The Man the Worlds Rejected, 7 story collection, Tor (pb)
In Iron Years, (nv)
Jackal's Meal, (nv)
The Man the Worlds Rejected, (nv)
A Matter of Perspective, (article)
Minotaur, (ss)
The Monster and the Maiden, (na)
Strictly Confidential, (ss)
Turnabout, (nv)
1986 Mindspan, collection of 12 stories, Baen (pb)
Ballad of the Shoshonu, (song)
Catch a Tartar, (nv)
The Faithful Wilf, (ss)
Fleegl of Fleegl, (ss)
A Matter of Technique, (ss)
Miss Prinks, (ss)
Operation P-Button, (vignette)
Rex and Mr. Rejilla, (ss)
Show Me the Way to Go Home, (ss)
Sleight of Wit, (nv)
Soupstone, (nv)
Who Dares a Bulbur Eat?
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