GORDON R. DICKSON: Shai Dorsai!

Gordon R. Dickson

Shai Dorsai!

© 1999 Dodeka Records, Ltd.

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some of the best serious songs written about Gordon R. Dickson's science-fiction mercenaries, the Dorsai.

tracks

1 Paid Soldiers of Dorsai
2 Shai!
3 Tarbird
4 Fal Morgan
5 Destroyer
6 Jamethon's Sons
7 Rise and Strike for Dorsai
8 Stone Are My Walls
9 Soldier, Ask Not
10 Brothers
11 Jacques Chretien
12 Su Madre
13 Shanagolden
14 If You Had Served With Donal Graeme
15 A Shield Maid's Lament
16 Man of War
17 Green Hills of Harmony
18 To Dorsai
19 Drink to the Health of the Dorsai

notes

The novels that make up Gordon R. Dickson's Childe Cycle paint an epic picture of the separation of humanity into various "Splinter Cultures" and their eventual reunification into a more evolved and ethical race. By far, the best known of the Splinter Cultures is that of the Dorsai. Indeed, the Childe Cycle is commonly called "the Dorsai series".

The Dorsaid planet proved to be lacking in metals and other important natural resources. To earn credit to trade for the necessities they lacked, many of its inhabitants took work as mercenary soldiers in the service of other worlds. In time, the Dorsai became the finest soldiers in the galaxy.

The phrase, "Shai Dorsai!" ("real" or "true Dorsai"), is a salute to those who embody the Dorsai ideal of the ethical warrior, willing to pay with his life to buy freedom for his people.

Songs have been written about the Dorsai and the Childe Cycle since its inception. Dickson himself wrote "Jacques Chretien", "Soldier, Ask Not", and the opening lines of "Stone Are My Walls". This album is a collection of exceptional performances of some of the best Dorsai songs. Listen and learn the true meaning of "Shai Dorsai!".

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  • Shai Dorsai
    author: Marvin

    I love this Album I have had to buy it more than once because it seems others love it just as much maybe even more when I'm the one that paid for it. :^)

  • Very enjoyable CD. Especially if you are a Dorsai fan
    author: Chris Nickel

    This CD has a lot of the songs that origanaly appeared on the cassette Songs of the Dorsai from (I think) Firebird. The impression I got listing to this CD was one of soldiers or their familys singing the songs. I liked it.

  • author: J. D. Smith

    New to this type of music, But I liked this cd. Don't pay attention to how a song is sung... Listen to the words.

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