• 16 - "Soldier, Ask Not" (1965)

  • Dec 11 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

16 - "Soldier, Ask Not" (1965)

  • Summary

  • This is not a short story! The 1960s saw the Hugos group all the non-novel writing awards under "short fiction" and at a whopping 56 pages, Gordon R. Dickson delivers "Soldier, Ask Not", a tale that is clearly aimed at people who are already familiar with his Dorsai series. Nevertheless, Sam and Jack take the plunge to learn about war correspondent Tam Olyn and his actions on the planet of St. Marie. Torn apart by a war between human splinter races, Tam surely breaks some ethical guidelines to tip things in his favor.


    Recommendations:

    The Childe Cycle by Gordon R. Dickson

    Ethics in America produced by Columbia University

    Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

    Nightcrawler directed by Dan Gilroy


    Next Episode: 1997's "'The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems' A Wellsian Perspective" by Connie Willis


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