Tactics of Mistake

Gordon R. Dickson

ISBN 10: 0879972793 / ISBN 13: 9780879972790

Published by DAW, 1977

About this Item

Later printing of the DAW edition. Page block is tanned, but relatively clean and tight. Cover has multiple small flaws including a peeled patch from a price sticker removal, a small sticker on the back, a small ink mark, and spine creases and lean. Good reading copy.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1776691746776

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tactics of Mistake
• Publisher: DAW
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879972793
• ISBN 13: 9780879972790
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 2.54W x 17.78H x 12.7D centimeters 2.54 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 12.7 centimeters depth
• Weight: 226.796 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scarce Vintage Paperbacks

About this title

Synopsis

The men of the Dorsai were the finest fighting soldiers in the universe. But not even the Dorsai could anticipate the effect of Cletus Grahame's brilliant mind and the galaxy shaking theory he called "The Tactics of Mistake".

About the Author

Gordon R. Dickson was the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of many classics of fantasy and science fiction, most famously the Childe Cycle, which included such novels as "Tactics of Mistake, The Chantry Guild, The Final Encyclopedia, Young Bleys," and "Other."

David W. Wixon was Gordon R. Dickson's assistant for many years.
Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and "AudioFile" Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received "AudioFile" s award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card s "Ender's Game", "Publishers Weekly" stated, "Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take." Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.