The Final Encyclopedia, Volume One of Two

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Macmillan, 1997 - 384 Seiten
The Childe Cycle, also known as the Dorsai series, is Gordon R. Dickson's future history of humankind and its ultimate destiny. Now one of its central novels return to print in a two-volume corrected edition.

In The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress.

Hal Mayne is an orphan who was raised by three tutors: an Exotic, a Friendly, and a Dorsai. He is the only human capable of uniting humanity against the Others. But only if he is willing to accept his terrifying destiny...as savior of mankind.

A towering landmark of future history, The Final Encyclopedia is a novel every SF fan needs to own.
 

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Chapter 1
11
Chapter 2
21
Chapter 3
34
Chapter 4
44
Chapter 5
66
Chapter 6
84
Chapter 7
94
Chapter 8
103
Chapter 20
199
Chapter 21
207
Chapter 22
216
Chapter 23
224
Chapter 24
231
Chapter 25
242
Chapter 26
252
Chapter 27
259

Chapter 9
109
Chapter 10
118
Chapter 11
126
Chapter 12
134
Chapter 13
144
Chapter 14
151
Chapter 15
158
Chapter 16
167
Chapter 17
172
Chapter 18
184
Chapter 19
190
Chapter 28
267
Chapter 29
274
Chapter 30
283
Chapter 31
291
Chapter 32
300
Chapter 33
307
Chapter 34
314
Chapter 35
321
Chapter 36
328
Chapter 37
336
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Autoren-Profil (1997)

A naturalized American who was born in Canada on November 1, 1923, Gordon Rupert Dickson is a popular science fiction writer. Dickson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1948 and made his home in Minneapolis. Among his many novels, especially notable is Soldier, Ask Not, which won the Hugo Award in 1965. For many years, Dickson's most engrossing project was his Childe Cycle, a series of novels about humanity's evolutionary potential, which included a group of futuristic books that are popularly known as the Dorsai Cycle. Dickson also wrote hundreds of short stories and novelettes including Call Him Lord, for which he received a Nebula Award in 1966.

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