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''Amanda Morgan'' is a science fictionnovella by American writer Gordon R. Dickson, first published in ''The Spirit of Dorsai'' in 1979 and later included in ''The Dorsai Companion'' in June 1986. The story is set in 2185 on the Dorsai, a key planet and Splinter Culture of Dickson's future history known as the Childe Cycle. "Amanda Morgan" is a perspective piece expanding and illuminating the crisis of the novel ''Tactics of Mistake'', in which the planet known as The Dorsai is attacked for the sake of defeating Cletus Grahame. Amanda Morgan, also known as the first Amanda, leads the resistance in Grahame's home district. The theme of the story may be understood as: Moral strength is more important than physical strength in the struggle for identity.
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