# In the Bone

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{{Infobox book 
| name          = In the Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = In the bone.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author        = [Gordon R. Dickson](/source/Gordon_R._Dickson)
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = [Richard Corben](/source/Richard_Corben)
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)
| publisher     = [Ace Books](/source/Ace_Books)
| release_date  = 1987
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print (Paperback)
| pages         = 228 pp
| isbn          = 0-441-37049-7
| oclc= 15339637
| preceded_by   = 
| followed_by   = 
}}
'''''In the Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson''''' is a collection of [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) stories by [Gordon R. Dickson](/source/Gordon_R._Dickson).  It was first published by [Ace Books](/source/Ace_Books) in 1987 and expandsupon  Dickson's upon earlier collection, '''Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best''' (1978), published by [Dell](/source/Dell_Publishing) in 1978 and was edited by [James R. Frenkel](/source/James_Frenkel).  Most of the stories had appeared in the magazines ''[Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'', ''[Fantasy and Science Fiction](/source/Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction)'', ''Satellite'' and ''[If](/source/if_(magazine))''.

==Contents==
===Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best===
thumb|right|Cover of the first edition of Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best
* Introduction - The Quiet Giant, by [Spider Robinson](/source/Spider_Robinson)
* Foreword, by [James R. Frenkel](/source/James_Frenkel)
* "Hilifter"
* "Brother Charlie"
* "Act of Creation"
* "Idiot Solvant"
* "[Call Him Lord](/source/Call_Him_Lord)"
* "Tiger Green"
* "Of the People"
* "Dolphin’s Way"
* "In the Bone"
* Gordon R. Dickson Bibliography

===In the Bone===
* "Twig"
* "God Bless Them"
* "Hilifter"
* "Brother Charlie"
* "Act of Creation"
* "Idiot Solvant"
* "[Call Him Lord](/source/Call_Him_Lord)"
* "Tiger Green"
* "Of the People"
* "Dolphin’s Way"
* "In the Bone"

==Sources==
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  | last = McMuray
  | first = Clifford R.
  | title = Review of Gordon R. Dickson's SF Best
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  | volume = 8
  | issue = 2
  | pages = 54
  | date = March 1979
 }}
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  | last = Robinson
  | first = Spider
  | authorlink = Spider Robinson
  | title = The Reference Library
  | journal = [Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction%2FScience_Fact) 
  | volume = 98
  | issue = 6
  | pages = 174
  | publisher = [Condé Nast Publications, Inc.](/source/Cond%C3%A9_Nast_Publications%2C_Inc.)
  | date = June 1978
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Category:1987 short story collections
Category:Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson
Category:Ace Books books

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