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Mike Resnick

(Michael Diamond Resnick)

(1942 - 2020)
Father of Laura Resnick

Mike Resnick won an impressive five Hugos and was nominated for thirty-one more. The author of the Starship series, the John Justin Mallory series, the Eli Paxton Mysteries, and four Weird West Tales, he sold sixty-nine science fiction novels and more than two hundred fifty short stories and edited forty anthologies. His Kirinyaga series, with sixty-seven major and minor awards and nominations to date, is the most honored series of stories in the history of science fiction.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Series

Ganymede
1. The Goddess of Ganymede (1968)
2. Pursuit on Ganymede (1968)

Far Future History
   1. Birthright (1982)
   2. Santiago (1980)
   3. The Dark Lady (1987)

Santiago Saga
   Santiago (1980)
   The Return of Santiago (2003)
   Legends of Santiago (2003)

Galactic Midway
   1. Sideshow (1982)
   2. The Three-legged Hootch Dancer (1983)
   3. The Wild Alien Tamer (1983)
   4. The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy (1983)

Velvet Comet
   1. Eros Ascending (1984)
   2. Eros At Zenith (1984)
   3. Eros Descending (1985)
   4. Eros At Nadir (1986)

Lucifer Jones
   1. Adventures (1985)
   2. Exploits (1993)
   3. Encounters (1994)
   4. Hazards (2009)
   5. Voyages (2017)

Fables of Tonight
   1. Stalking the Unicorn (1987)
   2. Stalking the Vampire (2008)
   3. Stalking the Dragon (2009)
   Stalking the Zombie (2012)

Galactic Comedy
   1. Paradise (1989)
   2. Purgatory (1993)
   3. Inferno (1993)

Tales of Kirinyaga
   1. Kirinyaga (1991)
   2. For I Have Touched the Sky (1989)
   3. Bwana (1999)

Oracle
   1. Soothsayer (1991)
   2. Oracle (1992)
   3. Prophet (1993)

Widowmaker
   1. The Widowmaker (1996)
   2. The Widowmaker Reborn (1997)
   3. The Widowmaker Unleashed (1998)
   4. A Gathering Of Widowmakers (2005)

Eli Paxton Mystery
   1. Dog in the Manger (1997)
   2. The Trojan Colt (2013)
   3. Cat on a Cold Tin Roof (2014)

Starship
   1. Mutiny (2005)
   2. Pirate (2006)
   3. Mercenary (2007)
   4. Rebel (2008)
   5. Flagship (2009)

Weird West Tale
   1. The Buntline Special (2010)
   2. The Doctor and the Kid (2011)
   3. The Doctor and the Rough Rider (2012)
   4. The Doctor and the Dinosaurs (2013)

Dead Enders
   1. The Fortress in Orion (2014)
   2. The Prison in Antares (2015)
   3. The Castle in Cassiopeia (2017)

Dreamscape Trilogy
1. The Master of Dreams (2019)
2. The Mistress of Illusions (2020)

Novels

   Redbeard (1969)
   The Soul Eater (1981)
   Walpurgis III (1982)
   The Branch (1984)
   Ivory (1988)
   Second Contact (1990)
   The Red Tape War (1991) (with Jack L Chalker and George Alec Effinger)
   A Miracle of Rare Design (1994)
   A Hunger in the Soul (1998)
   The Outpost (2001)
   Dragon America (2005)
   Lady with an Alien (2005)
   A Club in Montmartre (2006)
   World Behind the Door (2007)
   The Other Teddy Roosevelts (2008)
   The Cassandra Project (2012) (with Jack McDevitt)
   Gods of Sagittarius (2017) (with Eric Flint)

Collections

   Stalking the Wild Resnick (1970)
   Unauthorized Autobiographies (1981)
   Through Darkest Resnick with Gun and Camera (1990)
   The Alien Heart (1991)
   Pink Elephants and Hairy Toads (1991)
   Will the Last Person To Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? (1992)
   In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh (1994)
   Solo Flights Through Shared Worlds (1996)
   An Alien Land (1997)
   A Safari of the Mind (1999)
   Magic Feathers (2000) (with Nick DiChario)
   Tales of the Galactic Midway (2000)
   Hunting the Snark (2002)
   With a Little Help from My Friends (2002)
   New Dreams for Old (2006)
   Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks (2009)
   Blasphemy (2010)
   The Hugo Stories - Volume 1 (2010)
   The Hugo Stories - Volume 2 (2010)
   The Hugo Stories - Volume 3 (2010)
   The Hugo Stories - Volume 4 (2010)
   The Hugo Stories - Volume 5 (2010)
   The Incarceration of Captain Nebula (2012)
   With a Little More Help From My Friends (2012)
   Masters of the Galaxy (2012)
   Win Some, Lose Some (2012)
   Resnick's Menagerie (2012)
   First Person Peculiar (2014)
   Away Games (2014)
   Soulmates (2016) (with Lezli Robyn)
   Towering Yarns (2017) (with others)
   The Hex Is In (2020)
   Unrivaled (2023) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Bully! (1990)
   Kilimanjaro (2008)
   Shaka II (2009)
   Redchapel (2011)
   Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (2012)
   Six Blind Men and an Alien (2013)

Anthologies edited

   Bug-Eyed Monsters and Bimbos (1988)
     aka Shaggy B.E.M. Stories
   The Gods of War (1992) (with Jody Lynn Nye and Christopher Stasheff)
   Inside the Funhouse (1992)
   Whatdunits (1992)
   Aladdin : Master of the Lamp (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993) (with Gardner Dozois)
   More Whatdunits (1993)
   Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993) (with Gardner Dozois)
   Christmas Ghosts (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   By Any Other Fame (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Deals with the Devil (1994) (with Loren D Estleman and Martin H Greenberg)
   Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Return of the Dinosaurs (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Tombs, Travel and Trouble (1997) (with Lawrence Griswold)
   Girls for the Slime God (1997)
   Women Writing Science Fiction as Men (2003)
   Stars (2003) (with Janis Ian)
   Men Writing Science Fiction As Women (2003) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   I, Alien (2005)
   Down These Dark Spaceways (2005)
   This Is My Funniest (2006)
   Space Cadets (2006)
   This Is My Funniest 2 (2007)
   Alien Crimes (2007)
   The Dragon Done It (2008) (with Eric Flint)
   The Best of Jim Baen's Universe II (2008) (with Eric Flint)
   When Diplomacy Fails (2008) (with Eric Flint)
   The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (2013) (with Robert Garcia)
   The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 (2014)
   Galaxy's Edge: Issue 27 (2017)
   Avatar Dreams (2018) (with Kevin J Anderson)
   The Best of Galaxy's Edge: 2015-2017 (2018)

Anthology series

Alternate Anthologies
   Alternate Presidents (1989)
   Alternate Kennedys (1992)
   Alternate Warriors (1993)
   Alternate Worldcons (1994)
   Alternate Outlaws (1994)
   Alternate Tyrants (1997)
   Alternate Skiffy (1997) (with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)

Fantastic (with Martin H Greenberg)
Dinosaur Fantastic (1993)
Witch Fantastic (1995)

Series contributed to

Battlestar Galactica
5. Galactica Discovers Earth (1980) (with Glen Larson)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
1. The Amulet of Power (2003)

Nebula Award Stories
41. Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007)

Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms
Untold Adventures (2011) (with others)

Stellar Guild
INCI (2015) (with Tina Gower)
When Parallel Lines Meet (2017) (with Larry Hodges and Lezli Robyn)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Mike Resnick recommends

Primordial Threat (2018)
(Exodus , book 1)
M A Rothman
"Michael A. Rothman's PRIMORDIAL THREAT is a beautifully-conceived hard science adventure, with totally believable characters and events, and a truly satisfying conclusion."

At the Table of Wolves (2017)
(Dark Talents, book 1)
Kay Kenyon
"Fascinating characters, an absorbing plot, flawlessly written!"

The Collected Kagan (2016)
Janet Kagan
"An Absolute delight."

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Collaborative Capers (2023)
edited by
Robert Friedman and Barry N Malzberg

Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 62 (2023)
May 2023
(Galaxy's Edge Magazine, book 62)
edited by
Lezli Robyn

Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 61 (2023)
March 2023
(Galaxy's Edge Magazine, book 61)
edited by
Lezli Robyn

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Awards

	1988 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Kirinyaga [short story]
	1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Kirinyaga [short story]
	1989 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : For I Have Touched the Sky
	1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
	1990 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book (nominee) : Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
	1990 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : For I Have Touched the Sky
	1990 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Manamouki
	1991 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bully! [short story]
	1991 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : The Manamouki
	1991 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bully! [short story]
	1992 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : One Perfect Morning, With Jackals
	1992 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Winter Solstice
	1993 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Lotus and the Spear
	1994 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Mwalimu in the Squared Circle
	1994 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
	1995 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Barnaby in Exile
	1995 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : A Little Knowledge
	1995 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
	1995 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bibi
	1995 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : When the Old Gods Die
	1996 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bibi
	1996 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : When the Old Gods Die
	1997 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Land of Nod
	1998 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The 43 Antarean Dynasties
	2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Hothouse Flowers
	2000 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Hunting the Snark [short story]
	2000 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Hunting the Snark [short story]
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Elephants on Neptune
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Redchapel

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