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The ''Childe Cycle'' is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to ''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came'', a poem by Robert Browning, which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson's magnum opus. The series is sometimes referred to as the Dorsai series, as the Dorsai people are central to the series. The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families. The first story published, ''Dorsai!'' was originally to have been titled ''The Swissman,'' a reference to the Swiss pikemen of centuries past. It was published as a novel in ''Astounding Science Fiction''. While, on the face of it, the Childe Cycle is a science fiction series, it is also an allegory. In addition to the six science fiction novels of the Cycle, Dickson had also planned three historical novels and three novels taking place in the present day. It is known that one of the three historical novels would have dealt with John Milton, the author of ''Paradise Lost''. Judging from the frequent mentions of him in the published science fiction portion of the Cycle, Sir John Hawkwood, a 14th-century mercenary, would probably have been the subject of another. At least one of the contemporary novels was expected to deal with issues of space colonization, beginning a thread continuing through ''Necromancer'' and concluding with the full formation of the Splinter Cultures. As originally envisioned, the Cycle was to stretch from the 14th century to the 24th century; the completed books begin in the 21st century. The cycle deals with the conflict between progress and conservatism. It also deals with the interaction and conflict among humanity's traits, most importantly Courage, Faith, and Philosophy. == Novels and shorter works == The science fiction novels of the main Childe Cycle include: * ''Dorsai!'' (alternate title: ''The Genetic General'') (1959) * ''Necromancer'' (1962) (issued under the title ''No Room for Man'' between 1963 and 1974) * ''Soldier, Ask Not'' (1967) * ''Tactics of Mistake'' (1971) * ''The Final Encyclopedia'' (1984) * ''The Chantry Guild'' (1988) The final book, to have been titled ''Childe'', had not been completed at the time of Dickson's death, and has never been published. In addition, there are four shorter pieces and three novels that take place in the same fictional universe as the Childe Cycle, but are not part of the core cycle. * "Lost Dorsai" (novella) and "Warrior" (short story), published together in ''Lost Dorsai'' (1980) * "Amanda Morgan" and "Brothers" (short story), published together in ''The Spirit of Dorsai'' (1979) In the latter volume, the stories are framed by a conversation between Hal Mayne and the Third Amanda Morgan, during the events of ''The Final Encyclopedia''. "Warrior" (1965) and "Brothers" (1973) had previously appeared in other publications. The four works have since been collected in one volume as ''The Dorsai Companion'' (1986). The three other novels are: * ''Young Bleys'' (1991) * ''Other'' (1994) * ''Antagonist'' (with David W. Wixon) (2007) These three novels concern the background and development of Bleys Ahrens, the antagonist of ''The Final Encyclopedia'' and ''The Chantry Guild''. They take place in the decades leading up to those books, and were apparently added to the original series outline to provide more detail of the ultimate conflict in ''Childe''. 2007 saw the publication of ''Antagonist'', finished by Dickson's long-time assistant David W. Wixon. The first published reference to the Dorsai came in "(Lulungomeena )", a 1954 short story published in ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' and later dramatized on the ''X Minus One'' radio program. The narrator is a man from "the Dorsai planets," who has been working far from home for a long time. The story portrays the Dorsai people as tough and matter-of-fact, but says little else about them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Childe Cycle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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