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In the Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson is a collection of
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
stories by
Gordon R. DicksonGordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...
. It was first published by
Ace BooksAce Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
in 1987 and expands Dickson's earlier collection,
Gordon R. Dickson's SF BestGordon R. Dickson's SF Best is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Dell in 1978 and was edited by James R. Frenkel...
. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines
Analog Science Fiction and FactAnalog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
,
Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Satellite and
IfIf was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
.
Contents
- "Twig"
- "God Bless Them"
- "Hilifter"
- "Brother Charlie"
- "Act of Creation"
- "Idiot Solvant"
- "Call Him Lord"
- "Tiger Green"
- "Of the People"
- "Dolphin’s Way"
- "In the Bone"