Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 5 (p. 36)
Gordon Rupert Dickson, né le 1er novembre 1923 à Edmonton en Alberta au Canada et mort le 31 janvier 2001 à Richfield au Minnesota aux États-Unis, est un écrivain américain de science-fiction.
Il est l'auteur de nombreux romans et séries dont les plus fameuses sont le cycle de Childe ainsi que la série du Chevalier Dragon. Wikipedia

Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 5 (p. 36)
“Why should there be some sort of virtue always attributed to a frank admission of vice?”
Gordon R. Dickson livre Dorsai!
“Protector II” (section 19, p. 490)
Dorsai! (1960)
The Mortal and the Monster, in Stellar Short Novels edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey, p. 23
Short fiction
“Exaggeration of confidence,” he said, “is a fault in people who don’t know their business.”
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
This is an early statement of what would come to be known as the Dunning–Kruger effect.
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 20 (p. 315).
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 22 (p. 334)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 16 (p. 280)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 22 (p. 145)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 22 (p. 142)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Epigram (p. 153)
Tactics of Mistake (1971)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Dorsai!
“Veteran” (section 8, p. 411)
Dorsai! (1960)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Dorsai!
“Protector II” (section 19, p. 488)
Dorsai! (1960)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 6 (p. 195)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 22 (p. 328)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Dorsai!
“Mercenary II” (section 4, p. 386)
Dorsai! (1960)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 13 (p. 93)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Tactics of Mistake
Source: Tactics of Mistake (1971), Chapter 24 (p. 349)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 11 (p. 78)
Gordon R. Dickson livre Necromancer
Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 10 (p. 67)
“And someone that brilliant must be a devil?”
Gordon R. Dickson livre Dorsai!
queried Galt, dryly.
“Not at all,” explained Donal, patiently. “But having such intellectual capabilities, a man must show proportionately greater inclinations toward either good or evil than lesser people. If he tends toward evil, he may mask it in himself—he may even mask its effect on the people with which he surrounds himself. But he has no way of producing the reflections of good which would ordinarily be reflected from his lieutenants and initiates—and which, if he was truly good—he would have no reason to try and hide. And by that lack, you can read him.”
“Mercenary II” (section 4, p. 386)
Dorsai! (1960)