Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 19, 1990, p. 22

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a THE HERALD OUTLOOK 1990 Author says research important Why does a noted author part way through a well received series of novels delay completion of the series by devoting time to writing other noveU In Gordon Dickson case it s partly financial partly interest mother subjects Hugo and Nebula award winning sciencefiction author has received cntical acclaim for the Childe Cycle also known as the Dorsal novels Yt Dickson keeps turning out other novels in between novels of his major work He devotes so much time to research each Childe novel takes about two years that he tries to produce a series novel between each tale Sitting at a table in a restaurant in a Toronto hotel the 67yearold Edmonton born author talks about the high costs in in preparing a Childe Cycle novel and the importance of research Bear in mind he says that the Cycle was only supposed be nine novels three historical three contemporary and three set in the future Now we are looking at seven of them set in the future Six novels Dorsal 1957 Necromancer Soldier Ask Not Tactics of Mistake 1971 The Final Encyclopedia 1984 and The Chantry Guild all from the futuristic segment of the Cycle have been published Dickson has also pro duced several shorter books related to the Cycle includingTheDorsaiCompanion Dickson whose family moved to the U S when he was a youth hopes to complete the Cycle within 20 years which would mean he would still be writing Childe novels while in his I come from a long lived family he says with a smile The author whose new novel Wolf and Iron is his 50th often stops work on one book to research information for another comes across new information Some writers say all this research is unnecessary You just sit down and write But I believe in great investigation of the sociological aspects I am writing about Wolf and Iron is a great example He had planned to spend eight months on it but devoted 14 The novel is set at the beginning of a new Dark Age in a world where technological Links and distnbution systems the under of western civilization have col lapsed Each community is on its own The Bob Spence Entertainment TJWflUOHHtWt strong rule The weak die A young man trying to cross much of the to reach safety at his brothers farm releases a young wolf from its captors The wolf teaches the man how to survive in savage times The interaction between the man and the wolf is based on extensive research Dr Harry Frank head of the psychology department at the University of Michigan in Flint helped Dickson with the research Frank who wrote the forward for Wolf and Iron was impressed by the lengths Dickson went to to learn about wolves It is not only a fast paced adventure novel said Frank but a scientifically supportable portrait of wolf behavior and wolf human interactions Who says that fans of pop music are fickle Half a century after his debut as or chestra leader at Toronto s Granite Club pianist Frank Bogart was recently honored by members at a gala gathering in the club 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