
It’s hard to say that there’s a particular kind of Dickson story. Will they make proper use of the traditional four elements of ancient times, and reach the exalted level of the aether, that fabled quintessence that was of a more refined nature than the others? Let’s find out.Ĭanada’s Gift to American Science FictionĪlberta-born writer Gordon Rupert Dickson, now living in the USA, has been publishing fiction since 1950.


Two new science fiction novels take readers from the dry land to the depths of the sea, and down from the sky in a burst of flames.
