Gordon R. Dickson – First Edition Books: Identification Guide – Golden Age Children's Book Illustrations

Gordon Rupert Dickson (1923 – 2001) was a Canadian-American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.

His first published speculative fiction was the short story “Trespass!”, written jointly with Poul Anderson, in the Spring 1950 issue of Fantastic Stories Quarterly (ed. Sam Merwin), the inaugural number of Fantastic Story Magazine as it came to be titled. Next year three of his solo efforts were published by John W. Campbell in Astounding Science Fiction and one appeared in Planet Stories. Anderson and Dickson also inaugurated the Hoka series with “The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch” (Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1951).

Dickson’s series of novels include the Childe Cycle (sometimes called the Dorsai series) and the Dragon Knight. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.

Gordon R. Dickson received the 1977 Skylark —Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction from NESFA— for his contribution to SF and he was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.

Gordon R. Dickson – First Editions Identification Guide

Note: This list only includes books published prior to 1977.

How to Identify First Edition books by Gordon R. Dickson
Year	Title	Publisher	First edition/printing identification points
1973	ALIEN ART	New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1973]	First edition so stated on © page.
1956	ALIEN FROM ARCTURUS	New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1956]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-139 (35¢). Bound with ATOM CURTAIN by Nick Boddie Williams.
1965	THE ALIEN WAY	Toronto New York London: Bantam Books, [1965]	Wrappers. Published February 1965 on © page. A Bantam Fifty F2941 (50¢).
1974	ANCIENT, MY ENEMY	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974	First edition so stated on © page.
1973	THE BOOK OF GORDON DICKSON	New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1973]	Wrappers. First printing, May 1973/1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 55 UQ1055 (95¢). Reprint of DANGER HUMAN.
1970	DANGER HUMAN	Garden City: Doubleday & Company,Inc., 1970	First edition so stated on © page. Reissued as THE BOOK OF GORDON DICKSON.
1961	DELUSION WORLD	New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1961]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel F-l 19 (40¢). Bound with SPACIAL DELIVERY by Dickson.
1976	DORSAI!	[New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1976]	Wrappers. First printing, February 1976/1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 on © page. DAW: sf Books No. 181 UW1218 ($1.50). Revised and expanded version of THE GENETIC GENERAL. Note: This edition preceded by the Science Fiction Book Club printing of the expanded version in THREE TO DORSAl!
1976	THE DRAGON AND THE GEORGE	Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1976]	Boards. Two printings, priority as listed: (A) Code G24 on page 243; (B) Code G38 on page 243. No statement of printing on © page. Note: Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club.
1957	EARTHMAN'S BURDEN	New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1957]	Two bindings, probable priority as listed: (A) Pale blue boards lettered in dark blue; (B) Gray cloth lettered in red. First edition so stated on © page. With POUL ANDERSON.
1960	THE GENETIC GENERAL	New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1960]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-449 (35¢). Bound with TIME TO TELEPORT by Dickson. Later expanded as DORSAI!
1974	GREMLINS, GOHOME	New York: St. Martin'sPress, [1974]	Boards. No statement of printing on © page. With BEN BOVA.
1970	HOUR OF THE HORDE	New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1970]	No statement of printing on © page.
1976	THE LIFESHIP	New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1976]	Boards with cloth shelf hack. First edition so stated on © page. With HARRY HARRISON.
1956	MANKIND ON THE RUN	New York: Ace Books, [1956]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-164 (35¢). Bound with THE CROSSROADS OF TIME by Andre Norton.
1965	MISSION TO UNIVERSE	[New York]: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1965]	Wrappers. October, 1965 on © page. Berkley Medallion Fl 147 (50¢). ALSO: New York: Ballantine Books, [1977], Wrappers., First Edition: March 1977 on © page.Ballantine 25703 ($1.50). Revised and expanded text.
1970	MUTANTS	[New York]: The Macmillan Company, [1970]	First printing so stated on © page. Note: Some copies have a small acknowledg-ments slip laid in.
1961	NAKED TO THE STAR'S	New York: Pyramid Books, [1961]	Wrappers. First printing: December 1961 on © page. Pyramid Books F-682 (40(2).
1962	NECROMANCER	Garden City: Doubleday & Company., Inc., 1962	Boards. First edition so stated on © page. Reissued as NO ROOM FOR MAN.
1963	NO ROOM FOR MAN	[New York]: A Macfadden Book, [1963]	Wrappers. A Macfadden Book ... 1963 on © page. Macfadden Books 50 179 (50¢). Reissue of NECROMANCER.
1969	NONE BUT MAN	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969	First edition so stated on © page.
1972	THE OUTPOSTER	Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1972]	First edition so stated on © page.
1967	PLANET RUN	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967	First edition so stated on © page. With KEITH LAUMER.
1972	THE PRITCHER MASS	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972	First edition so stated on © page.
1973	THER-MASTER	Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1973]	First edition so stated on © page. Note: This novel was originally announced as MIND MASTER.
1963	SECRET UNDER ANTARCTICA	New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt Rinehart and Winston, [1963]	Two bindings, no priority: (A) Boards. Trade binding. (B) Pictorial cloth reproducing dust jacket design. Library binding. First edition so stated on © page.
1964	SECRET UNDER THE CARIBBEAN	New York * Chicago * San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1964]	Two bindings, no priority: (A) Boards. Trade binding. (B) Pictorial cloth reproducing dust jacket design. Library binding. First edition so stated on © page.
1960	SECRET UNDER THE SEA	New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]	First edition so stated on © page.
1971	SLEEPWALKER'S WORLD	Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1971]	Boards with cloth shelf back. First edition so stated on © page.
1967	SOLDIER, ASK NOT	[New York]: A Dell Book, [1967]	Wrappers. First Dell Printing July, 1967 on © page. Dell 8090 (60¢).
1967	THE SPACE SWIMMERS	[New York]: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1967]	Wrappers. February, 1967 on © page. 5A7377 (60¢).
1968	MAO	London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1968]	Boards. This edition published 1968 on © page. First hardcover edition.
1965	SPACE WINNERS	New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt Rinehart and Winston, [1965]	Two bindings, no priority: (A) Boards. Trade binding. (B) Pictorial cloth reproducing dust jacket design. Library binding. First edition so stated on © page.
1969	SPACEPAW	New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1969]	No statement of printing on © page.
1961	SPACIAL DELIVERY	New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1961]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel F-119 (40¢). Bound with DELUSION WORLD by Dickson.
1975	STAR PRINCE CHARLIE	New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1975]	No statement of printing on © page. Two dust jacket states, priority as listed: (A) Anderson/Dickson on dust jacket spine panel with slash between authors' names barely discernible; (B) Slash is apparent. With POUL ANDERSON. ALSO: [New York]: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1977]. Wrappers. January, 1977 on © page. A Berkley Medallion Book 0-425-03078-4 ($1.25). Text copy edited.
1973	THE STAR ROAD	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973	First edition so stated on © page.
1971	THE TACTICS OF MISTAKE	Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971	First edition so stated on © page.
1975	THREE TO DORSAI!	Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1975]	Boards. Three printings, priority as listed: (A) Code 39R on page 532; (B) Code S10 on page 532; (C) Code S19 on page 532. No statement of printing on © page. Collects NECROMANCER, TACTICS OF MISTAKE, and DORSAI! (published earlier in abridged version as THE GENETIC GENERAL). New introduction by the author. Note: Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club.
1960	TIME TO TELEPORT	New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1960]	Wrappers. No statement of printing on © page. Ace Double Novel Books D-449 (35¢). Bound with THE GENETIC GENERAL by Dickson.
1977	TIMESTORM	New York: St. Martin'sPress, [1977]	Boards. No statement of printing on © page. Note: Correct title of this novel is TIME STORM; set on the title page as TIME STORM.
1969	WOLFLING	[New York]: A Dell Book, [1969]	Wrappers. First printing, May 1969 on © page. Dell 9633 (50¢).

Gordon R. Dickson – First Printing Dust Jackets Identification Guide

Gallery of First state Dust Jackets of Dickson’s works. Only includes the first appearance in book form. Either the UK or US edition and does not include later printings.