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Dorsai! is the first published book of the incomplete Childe Cycle series of science fiction novels by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. Later books are set both before and after the events in Dorsai! .
The Dorsai (Courage): The Dorsai, inhabitants of a Younger World also called Dorsai, are honorable, elite mercenaries. Given the book-selling nature of their occupation, the Childe Cycle focuses mainly on their exploits, to the extent that the Cycle is sometimes called the "Dorsai series".
The key theme here is the development of the Dorsai culture, and the creation of the Dorsai military model which makes their soldiers the best among all the settled worlds. It also shows the growth of the separate planetary cultures and their evolution to independence from Earth.
- The Main Cycle
- Short Stories / Novellas
- The Bleys Novels
- The Childe Cycle Provides Examples of
Dorsai!(1959): The career of Donal Graeme, a Dorsai Mercenary who matches wits with the ambitious Prince William of Ceta.Necromancer(1962): Set in the late 21st Century, it follows Paul Formaine as he deals with the mysterious Chantry Guild and its war against a supercomputer.Soldier, Ask Not (1967): Tam Olyn's quest for revenge against the puritanical Friendlies. Set around the same time as Dorsai! and expanded from his 1964 Novellawith the same name.Tactics of Mistake(1971): Cletus Grahame, ancestor of Donal, begins to revolutionize warfare on the newly settled Younger Worlds.Lost Dorsai: Tells of a Dorsai who has turned to pacifism caught in the middle of a revolt."Warrior": Ian Graeme (Uncle of Donal), confronts a gangster over an officer's death.Young Bleys(1991)Other(1994)Antagonist(with David W. Wixon) (2007)The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai, taller and harder than any ordinary man.
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No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai, taller and harder than any ordinary man. But he is different as well, with talents that amaze even his fellow Dorsai.
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This fact highlights the story's theme about the importance of moral strength over physical strength. Brothers ties into important events in Dorsai and Soldier, Ask Not. The focus (but not the POV) here is Ian Graeme and his reaction to great personal loss.
