# Dickson!

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{{Infobox book
| name          = Dickson!
| title_orig    =
| translator    =
| image         = Dickson nesfa.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author        = [Gordon R. Dickson](/source/Gordon_R._Dickson)
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  = [Frank Kelly Freas](/source/Frank_Kelly_Freas)
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        =
| genre         = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) 
| publisher     = [NESFA Press](/source/NESFA_Press)
| release_date  = 1984
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print (hardback)
| pages         = xii, 193 pp
| isbn          = 0-915368-27-7
| dewey= 813/.54 19
| congress= PS3554.I328 D5 1984
| oclc= 11676814
| preceded_by   =
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'''''Dickson!''''' is a collection of [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) stories by American writer [Gordon R. Dickson](/source/Gordon_R._Dickson).  It was first published by [NESFA Press](/source/NESFA_Press) in 1984 and was issued in honor of Dickson's appearance as guest of honor at the [42nd World Science Fiction Convention](/source/42nd_World_Science_Fiction_Convention).  Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines ''SFWA Bulletin'', ''[Astounding](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'', ''[Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'', ''[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine](/source/Ellery_Queen's_Mystery_Magazine)'' and ''Science Fiction Stories''.  The book contains introduction to each story by [Sandra Miesel](/source/Sandra_Miesel).

==Contents==

* Introduction, by [Poul Anderson](/source/Poul_Anderson)
* "Childe Cycle: Status 1984"
* "The Law-Twister Shorty"
* "Steel Brother"
* "The Hard Way"
* "Out of the Darkness"
* "Perfectly Adjusted"

==References==
*{{Cite web
  | last = Brown
  | first = Charles N.
  | authorlink = Charles N. Brown
  |author2=William G. Contento
  | title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
  | work =
  | publisher =
  | url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/t4.htm#A379
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  | accessdate = 2008-01-20 }}
*{{Cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=457 | year=1998}}
*{{cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |author2=Peter Nicholls |authorlink2=Peter Nicholls (writer) | title=[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction) | location=New York| publisher=[St. Martin's Griffin](/source/St._Martin's_Press) | pages=331 | year=1995|isbn=0-312-13486-X}}
*{{Citation
  | last = Coulson
  | first = Robert
  | author-link = Robert Coulson
  | title = Book Reviews
  | journal = [Amazing Stories](/source/Amazing_Stories)
  | volume = 59
  | issue = 3
  | pages = 8
  | date = September 1985
  | publisher = [TSR, Inc.](/source/TSR%2C_Inc.)
 }}
*{{Citation
  | last = Soltys
  | first = Keith
  | title = Weak Dickson Collection, Mostly a Memento
  | journal = [Fantasy Review](/source/Fantasy_Review)
  | volume = 8
  | issue = 2
  | pages = 14
  | date = February 1984
  | issn = 0747-234X
 }}

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Category:1984 short story collections
Category:Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson
Category:Books with cover art by Frank Kelly Freas
Category:NESFA Press books

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