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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Read about this author on a website, never got around to reading, borrowed from Library Originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, Dorsai! spawned the Childe Cycle, a classic of military science fiction series. Although Dorsai! was the first novel published, later books in the series jump before and after it chronologically. When humanity reached the stars, it splintered into a number of colonies on different worlds. Since the planet Dorsai was poor in resources, its settlers claimed the economic niche of professional soldiers. Even 150 years later, the Dorsai still hire themselves to the other planets as mercenaries. Donal Graeme graduates from the Academy at 18, with a reputation for being odd and dreams of demonstrating the heights to which a Dorsai can climb. As the plot follows his career, Dickson explores the creation of an officer and the makings of a leader. When talent, training, and intuition combine in Donal Graeme, the splinters of humanity may be rebound. Easy read. Enjoyable and fastmoving military Sci-fi. As far as I know, the first novel written in the Childe cycle. Some elements makes the novel somewhat implausible, such as the emphasis on contracts as the basis for all social and scientific development. Also, the protagonist, Donal Graeme, is quite the superman, which makes for a less interesting read. Somewhat predictable, juvenile but nonetheless enjoyable. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Pertence a SérieChilde Cycle (Omnibus 1,5) ContémProlog (Vom Geist der Dorsai) por Gordon R. Dickson (indirecta) Amanda Morgan {short story} por Gordon R. Dickson (indirecta) Interludium (Vom Geist der Dorsai) por Gordon R. Dickson (indirecta) Brothers {short story} por Gordon R. Dickson (indirecta) Epilog (Vom Geist der Dorsai) por Gordon R. Dickson (indirecta)
Two cornerstone novels of the acclaimed Childe Cycle return to print in an omnibus edition--with an introduction by David Drake. Throughout humanity's Fourteen Worlds, no group is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, and ferocious independence...and unbending honor. No one man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the arts of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the human universe. Dorsai is the saga of Donal Graeme, the uniquely talented Dorsai, with powers beyond those of ordinary men. Once he ventures to the stars, the world of the Dorsai will be changed forever. And The Spirit of Dorsai, written two decades later, is Dickson's great novel of the women of the Dorsai. For the warrior spirit of the Dorsai does not, cannot reside solely in the men of that race--for when the mercenary Dorsai go to their wars, it is their women who defend their home planet from the predators of the universe. And defend it they do: their home planet has never fallen to an invader, though space is full of the corpses of those who have tried. Through three generations, the unconquerable Amanda Morgan has embodied this warrior spirit. She is more than one lone woman; she is...the spirit of the Dorsai. In this single volume is a pair of military SF classics every fan will want to own. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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