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"The Adventure Of The Misplaced Hound"
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© Universe Science Fiction, Dec 1953
Earthman's Burden, 1957

"The Amulet"
© F&SF, Apr 1959
--/ cool f story

"Black Charlie"
© Galaxy, Apr 1954
Danger - Human, 1970
--Poul Anderson's favorite story
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea: subjectivity of art
--/ emotion award

"Call Him Lord"
© Analog, May 1966
Danger - Human, 1970
--novelette : 1967 Hugo
--novelette : 1967 Nebula W


"The Chantry Guild" (nv)
(Chylde / Dorsai Circle)
© 1988, Ace Books

"The Cloak And The Staff"
© Analog, Aug 1980
--novelette : 1981 Hugo W
--novelette : 1981 Locus /13
--novella/novelette : 1981 AnLab /2


"Computers Don't Argue"
© Analog, Sep 1965
Ends, 1988
--short story : 1966 Nebula
--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"DangerHuman!"
© Astounding, Dec 1957
Danger - Human, 1970

"Don Jones"
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© Earthman's Burden, 1957

"Dorsai!" (nv)
(also as "The Genetic General")
(Dorsai series)
© Astounding, Oct 1959
book: Ace Books, 1964
--novel : 1960 Hugo

"Earthman's Burden" (coll)
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© 1957, Doubleday / Camelot

"Enter a Pilgrim"
(Shane Evert series)
© Analog, Aug 1974
Ends, 1988
--short story : 1975 Locus /8

"In Hoka Signo Vinces"
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© Other Worlds, Jun 1953
Earthman's Burden, 1957

"The Genetic General" (nv)
(also as "Dorsai!")
(Dorsai series)
© Astounding, Oct 1959
book: Ace Books, 1964
--novel : 1960 Hugo

"Gremlins, Go Home!" (nv)
(Gremlins 1)
(with Ben Bova)
© 1974, Ace Books

"The Haunted Village"
© F&SF, Aug 1961

"Heroes Are Made"
(also as "The Sheriff Of Canyon Gulch")
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hokas series)
© Other Worlds, May 1951
Earthman's Burden, 1957

"Home from the Shore"
(Johnny Joya)
© Galaxy, Feb 1963
Mutants, 1970

"Idiot Solvant"
© Analog, Jan 1962
Mutants, 1970

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"In The Bone"
© IF, Oct 1966
Ancient, My Enemy, 1974
--/ cool sf story

As you can see, Gordon R. Dickson does not rate very high in my books, except for one awesome masterpiece: "Time Storm", which has enough scale and drama for a dozen of "Dune"-like novels. Otherwise, his stories are often witty and competent, but remain very standard fare, easily forgotten. This story is not bad, actually: "a supposedly civilized and sophisticated man is easily defeated in a space battle by a technologically superior alien, but later defeats the alien through brute force and ferocity in hand to hand combat." (Peter Meilinger)

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"Listen"
© F&SF, Aug 1952
Mutants, 1970
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ emotion award


"Lost Dorsai" (nv)
(Chylde / Dorsai Circle)
© Destinies, Feb 1980
Lost Dorsai, 1980
--novella : 1981 Hugo W
--novella : 1981 Nebula
--novella : 1981 Locus /8


"Lulungomeena"
© Galaxy, Jan 1954
Danger - Human, 1970
--/ cool sf story

"The Man From Earth"
© Galaxy, Jun 1964
Danger - Human, 1970

"The Man in the Mailbag"
© Galaxy, Apr 1959
Steel Brother, 1985
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"Mission To Universe" (nv)
© 1965, Doubleday Books

"None But Man" (nv)
(None But Man)
© Doubleday, 1969
None But Man, 1989

"The Sheriff Of Canyon Gulch"
(also as "Heroes Are Made")
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hokas series)
© Other Worlds, May 1951
Earthman's Burden, 1957

"Sleight Of Wit"
© Analog, Dec 1961

"Soldier, Ask Not" (nv)
(Dorsai series)
© Galaxy, Oct 1964
novel: 1967, Bantam
--short story : 1965 Hugo W
--novella : 1999 Locus All-Time Poll /40 (tie)


"Space Swimmers" (nv)
© Berkley Medallion, 1967
--/ fourth place sf novel
--/ wonder award

"The Stranger"
© Imagination, May 1952
The Stranger, 1987
--/ cool space sf story

"Strictly Confidential"
© Fantastic Universe, Dec 1956
The Man the Worlds Rejected, 1986

"The Tiddlywink Warriors"
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© F&SF, Apr 1955
Earthman's Burden, 1957

"Time Storm" (nv)
© IASFM, Spring, 1977
novel: 1977, Bantam
--novel : 1978 Hugo
--sf novel : 1978 Locus /4
--novelette : 1978 Jupiter W

--/ third place sf novel
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award
--/ adventure award
--/ awesome scale


"Warrior"
(Dorsai series)
© Analog, Dec 1965
Mutants, 1970

"Yo Ho Hoka!"
(with Poul Anderson)
(Hoka series)
© F&SF, Mar 1955
Earthman's Burden, 1957

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