Order of the Childe Cycle
Scot HUGHES
Howdy. I just finished reading Dorsai!, and so I trotted down to
my local bookstore to pick up the next book in the Childe Cycle. I
couldn't figure out which one came next, since all the books have the
order listed differently on the page where they list Dickson's books.
Could some kind soul please tell me the order that the Childe cycle
should be read in? Thanks in advance.
Scot.
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Mitchell Friedman
>
> Howdy. I just finished reading Dorsai!, and so I trotted down to
>my local bookstore to pick up the next book in the Childe Cycle. I
>couldn't figure out which one came next, since all the books have the
>order listed differently on the page where they list Dickson's books.
>Could some kind soul please tell me the order that the Childe cycle
>should be read in? Thanks in advance.
>
The Childe Cycle doesn't necessarily need to be read in a certain order though
certain subsets of it are more particular than others. Strictly chronology
wise this order would suit:
Necromancer
Tactics of Mistake
Dorsai!
Lost Dorsai
Soldier, Ask Not
Young Bleys
Final Encyclopedia
The Spirit of Dorsai
The Chantry Guild
This is far from publication order. I'd say TofM, Dorsai, Necro, LD, SANN, FE
SpiritDorsai, Young Bleys, Chantry Guild would work best but your mileage may
vary...
<I hope this helps. Been on internet and reading this group about two months
and this is the first message I've posted>
Mitchell Friedman
Larry W. Virden
Any way SOMEONE out there would consider adding this to a FAQ? Also,
I am ALWAYS on the look out for updates to this info!
Version: 1.1
Date: April 8, 1993
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GORDON R[upert] DICKSON, 1923-
The Childe Cycle of books
1. In order of writing;
Novels
"Dorsai!" - first appeared in Analog/Astounding as
"The Genetic General" in 1959/1960.
"Necromancer" - first appeared in 1960/1962 as "No Room for Man".
"Soldier, Ask Not" - first appeared in Galaxy mangazine in October,
1964, then published in paperback by DAW in 1967/1968.
"Tactics of Mistake" - 1971, first appeared in Analog/Astounding
"Three to Dorsai!" - 1975, collection, renaming "The Genetic General"
to "Dorsai!", renaming "No Room for Man" to
"Necromancer" and including "Tactics of Mistake".
"The Spirit of Dorsai" - 1979, a collection containing the short stories
"Amanda Morgan" and "Brothers", as well as the
essay "XXX" by Sandra Miesel.
"Lost Dorsai" - 1980, collection, containing the short novel
"Lost Dorsai", short story "Warrior", and
"Plume and Sword", an analytical look at Dickson's
works by Sandra Miesel.
"The Final Encyclopaedia" - 1984
"The Dorsai Companion" - 1986, a collection containing the short stories
"Amanda Morgan", "Brothers", "Warrior" and the
"Introduction: See a Thousand Years" by G. R. Dickson
and "When Your Contract Takes You to the Dorsai
World", by Sandra Miese, 1986.
Note that the original bridging text from the
"Lost Dorsai" and "The Spirit of Dorsai" collections
is not present. This collection also has some
lineage charts, and star maps by Miese and a
time line uncredited.
"Chantry Guild" - 1988
"Young Bleys" - 1991
Illuminations
Amanda Morgan, 1979
Brothers, 1979 , portions first appeared in
ASTOUNDING: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology,
1973.
Warrior 1980, first appeared in Analog, 1965.
Lost Dorsai 1980, first appeared in Destinies, Vol 11, no 1,
February/March, 1980.
Other sized fiction
Lulungomeena 1981, first appeared in Galaxy, 1953
Collected in Guided Tour, a Dickson collection.
I haven't seen this one yet, so I don`t know where
it fits.
Essays
Sandra Miesel
Plume and Sword, 1980
When Your Contract Takes You to the Dorsai World, 1986
Gordon R. Dickson
Introduction: See a Thousand Years, 1986
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2. In chronological order, based on the info in "The Dorsai Companion" and
my own guesses for the two latest books.
2093-2094 "Necromancer"
2184 "Tactics of Mistake"
2185 "Amanda Morgan"
2269 "Warrior"
2270-2289 "Soldier, Ask Not"
2273 "Lost Dorsai"
2276-2289 "Dorsai!"
2280 "Brothers"
2244? "Young Bleys"
2359-2366 "The Final Encyclopaedia"
2366-2373? "Chantry Guild"
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3. Future books which have been discussed by Dickson:
??? - the 3 historical novels which take place in the 14th century
??? - the 3 contemporary novels taking place in the 19th/20th century.
??? - volume which would appear after Young Bleys and perhaps parallel
to Final Encylopedia and Chantry Guild.
Childe - volume which takes place after Chantry Guild
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