Other (1994)

by Gordon R. Dickson

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Series: Childe Cycle (10)

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Bleys Ahrens is now a political power on the planet Association, home of the Friendlies. His people--his Others, not Dorsai or Friendly or Exotic, but hybrids--are in place on all the new worlds, and are ready to take his message to the greater human public. But within his inner circle is Henry McLean, Soldier of God, and a True Faith-Holder. Henry fears for the soul of his nephew Bleys, and while he guards, he also watches, and judges. And beyond Bleys Ahrens' control is Hal Mayne: the one man in all the human worlds who might successfully challenge Bleys in his bid for power. For Hal Mayne is the true culmination of the Cycle's grand design. Bleys would give anything to convert Hal Mayne to his cause--or failing that, to destroy him.… (more)

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This covers much the same time period as the previous book, [b:The Final Encyclopedia|1634982|The Final Encyclopedia (Childe Cycle)|Gordon R. Dickson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230853798s/1634982.jpg|7429901], but is told from the other point of view (pun intended). It doesn't go quite as far along as the previous book, either, but does fill in a lot of blanks & helps us understand Bleys much better as Hal's primary antagonist.

There is one more book, [b:Antagonist|263108|Antagonist (Childe Cycle)|Gordon R. Dickson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173238985s/263108.jpg|255046], which was published after [a:Gordon R. Dickson|38631|Gordon R. Dickson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1230054159p2/38631.jpg]'s death. [a:David W. Wixon|153725|David W. Wixon|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] wrapped everything up from Dickson's notes. I should have the book shortly & will read it ASAP since the series has stretched out over almost 50 years. It's amazingly cohesive & good, not dated much at all. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gordon R. Dickson	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Royo, Luis	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1994

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Bleys Ahrens

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Alpha Centauri

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This book is dedicated to
Marguerite Brodie Dickson

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Bleys Ahrens is now a political power on the planet Association, home of the Friendlies. His people--his Others, not Dorsai or Friendly or Exotic, but hybrids--are in place on all the new worlds, and are ready to take his message to the greater human public. But within his inner circle is Henry McLean, Soldier of God, and a True Faith-Holder. Henry fears for the soul of his nephew Bleys, and while he guards, he also watches, and judges. And beyond Bleys Ahrens' control is Hal Mayne: the one man in all the human worlds who might successfully challenge Bleys in his bid for power. For Hal Mayne is the true culmination of the Cycle's grand design. Bleys would give anything to convert Hal Mayne to his cause--or failing that, to destroy him.

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