The Man from Earth

by Gordon R. Dickson

A collection of stories speculating on how human beings could dominate the galaxy, including "Call Him Lord," "The Odd Ones," "Danger, Human," and the title story.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction

Paperback

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a teenager. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle and the Dragon Knight series. He won three Hugo awards and one Nebula award.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of fascinating stories. Danger-Human was particularly delightful.

[Joel Hacker · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid collection of Dickson short stories involving...well...a man from earth in a variety of situations around the galaxy. Its a little hard to parse, as I think a surface read probably communicates a lot resilience on the part of these various men from earth, even an ability to overcome nearly any challenge (with maybe one exception). But I think the point is more that maybe we *shouldn't* overcome these challenges, that the things that made these men so resilient were ultimately negative characteristics. That perhaps the man from earth is a thing to be feared.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy Dickson's books, so it was fun to read a collection of his short stories. I loved some of them and even the ones I didn't enjoy as much weren't bad. I would describe his sci-fi as adventure sci-fi without the dense scientific theories. For someone who doesn't read a lot of sci-fi but who loves adventure stories, this is perfect for me.

[Earl Truss · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think read a lot of Dickson when I was younger. I've been looking for the stories that I enjoyed back then. These weren't any of them.

[The_J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great variety and the acknowledgement that the universe owes you nothing, and you have to fight and claw to carve out your place

[Kenai The Immortal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeez

[Thieo Ortiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection of short stories, I really enjoyed this collection and found myself wishing a few of them were longer as they really pulled me in.

[Helga Ganguly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very readable collection of short stories by Dickson . I am not a fan of short stories but most of these were at least , unlike some of his other collections, upbeat,even whimsical. I much prefer that to the ones that,even though they are short,leave me depressed for days. I would give this a 3.5 if I could.

[ReoDon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great selection of short Sci-Fi stories from Dickson...really fun read...

[Chamie]

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[SciFiOne]

Short stories.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reasonable short story collection

[Judith · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well-written collection of science fiction short stories, most of them about the condition of man.

[Sergio Vargas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of interesting short stories

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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