Space Winners
by Gordon R. Dickson
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Stranded on the Quarantined World of Quebahr, the first high-school students selected to leave Earth for study in the Galactic Federation must overcome their lack of training and learn to adapt and survive. Reprint.Tags
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Pretty normative Dickson story on one of his standard themes, namely that of encounters between differing levels of civilisation. Well-written and reasonably engrossing.
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Space Winners
- Original publication date
- 1965
- People/Characters
- Panjarmeeeklotutmrp (Peep); Jim Rawlins; Curt Harrington; Ellen Bouvier
- Important places
- Quebahr
- Dedication
- For my mother Maude L. Dickson
- First words
- It was a little, Jim Rawlins thought at last on Sunday night, like being the fastest gun west of Tombstone.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they all sat silently, thinking about it.
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