New Releases by Gordon R. Dickson

A long-awaited capstone of a science-fiction epic the Childe Cycle

Three novels of fast-moving adventure -- and side-splitting humor -- in one book: Hour of the Horde by Gordon R. Dickson: Against an approaching merciless alien horde is an outnumbered galaxy-wide legion.Wolfling by Gordon R. Dickson: Earth was only a primitive outpost, its people dubbed primitive wolflings by the galaxy''s rulers -- until Jim Kell was sent to the rulers'' Throne World.Gremlins, Go Home by Gordon R. Dickson and Ben Bova: Suppose that elves, gremlins, and leprechauns are really aliens marooned on Earth centuries ago. Now they can go home -- if they can hijack NASA''s Mars rocket!

Desiring to live on planet Dilbia, humans find that their sharp thinking and logic are more likely than technology to win over the bearlike Dilbians and to keep the adversarial Hemnoids at bay.

Shane, a gifted linguist, has spent his life learning the language of the old and powerful alien race that has conquered Earth. He has learned it so well that the interstellar masters, old hands at enslaving planets, regard him as a valuable servant. But Shane has a secret. One day, in a rebellious moment, he invented The Pilgrim: a mysterious figure who incites rebellion and vanishes unseen, leaving a distinctive icon behind him. Now the human underground is preparing to rebel. Shane knows how hopeless their rebellion will be. He knows, as well, that he will be unable to keep himself from taking part.

On the sixteen colonized worlds, mankind had changed, evolved into something that was slightly more than human...and slightly less. Men of War on the Dorsai worlds, men of Faith on the Friendly Worlds of Harmony and Association, men of Science, the Exotics of Kultis and Mara, and the Splinter cultures which had produced even stranger new talents. Those who knew said it was the Dorsai who supplied soldiers to the sixteen worlds. The Friendlies supplied cannon fodder, common soldiers who could be relied on to obey orders at all times. But even cannon fodder can sometimes produce genius. Jamethon Black is a true soldier, and a true man of faith. Now he must face a deadly enemy--an enemy whose defeat will forever separate Black from the only woman he has ever loved.

The Childe Cycle, also known as the Dorsai series, is Gordon R. Dickson''s future history of humankind and its ultimate destiny. Now one of its central novels return to print in a two-volume corrected edition. In The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress. Hal Mayne is an orphan who was raised by three tutors: an Exotic, a Friendly, and a Dorsai. He is the only human capable of uniting humanity against the Others. But only if he is willing to accept his terrifying destiny...as savior of mankind. A towering landmark of future history, The Final Encyclopedia is a novel every SF fan needs to own.

From the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Childe Cycle . . . the Dragon Knight returns! When Jim Eckert found himself magically transported to medieval England, he also found he could transform himself into a dragon at will. Now a baron, Jim must face his most fearsome challenge yet: the invasion of the French, who have forged an alliance with the mighty serpents of the deep.

Earth is but a memory--the real action these days is in The Magnicate, a league of all the human worlds in the galaxy. At the center of the Magnicate is the Hub, a huge artificial world from which control of Human Space flows. The Hub governs, but even so, control sometimes requires force. Enter the Harriers. They are an elite military force created to guard the Hub and do the job that the effete diplomats of the Hub will not and dare not do. There are the Grand Harriers, who acts as a large force, and the Petit Harriers, who are sent on special missions--and tend to have a hell of a lot more fun! Novellas by S.N. Lewitt, Steve Perry, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

A collection of eleven stories by the award-winning author, including "Twig," "Brother Charlie," "Call Him Lord," "Act of Creation," and "Tiger Green"

Representatives of each planet meet in space in a last-pitch effort to turn back an invading horde of space travelers

The work that launched Dickson''s popular Childe Cycle--often referred to as "The Dorsai Series"--tells of the planet Dorsai''s mercenary soldiers, the planet''s chief export to the stars, and how they come to understand their crucial role in human history. Special introduction by David Drake. Dickson is the author of Wolf and Iron.

Life on Earth is good. Disease is checked, hunger ended, and war and suffering abolished, with liberty and justice and a high standard of living for all. But Paul Formain, a strangely gifted young engineer, doesn''t believe a word of it. So he comes to Walter Blunt''s Chantry Guild, whose motto is "Destruct " and whose stated goal is the end of civilization. There are Alternate Laws at work in the world, says the Chantry Guild; Walter Blunt has pledged his life to them, and to the principle of destruction as a positive force. Even more disturbingly, the Alternate Laws appear to work. After centuries of hope and progress, and the triumph of science, something strange is happening to mankind. And whatever it is, it''s going to be big.

Science fiction-roman.

A human spokesman attempts to save himself and others from the death-in-space credo of the Albenareth commander of their emergency spacecraft.

Following the advice of his father, young Charlie Stuart travels to a planet 200 light years from Earth and there finds himself involved in a political struggle.

Stories consider in detail the reaction of society to a unique and astonishing, even a miracle, and all three stories deal with many facets in a single concept.

It''s obvious that Cletus Graeme--limping, mild-mannered scholarly--doesn''t belong on a battling field, but instead at a desk working on his fourth book on battle strategy and tactics. But Bakhalla has more battlefields than libraries, and Graeme sees his small force of Dorsai--soldiers of fortune--as the perfect opportunity to test his theories. But if his theories or his belief in the Dorsai lead him astray, he''s a dead man.