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Mike Resnick

(Michael Diamond Resnick)
USA  (1942 - )
(Father of Laura Resnick)
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About Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He has 5 Hugo Awards and other awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Croatia and Poland. As of 2007, he is first on the Locus list of all-time award winners, living or dead, for short fiction, and 4th on the Locus list of science fiction's all-time top award winners in all fiction categories. He is also a long-time participant in science fiction fandom. Resnick has been the Guest of Honor at some 30 science fiction conventions, and Toastmaster at a dozen others.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Dragon Done It
The Dragon Done It

Stalking the Vampire
Stalking the Vampire
(Fable of Tonight)

Rebel
Rebel
(Starship, book 4)


Kilimanjaro: A Fable of Utopia
Kilimanjaro
A Fable of Utopia

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History
History Revisited: The Great Battles
Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History

Series contributed to
Galactica Discovers Earth
 
The Amulet of Power
 
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007
 
Anthology series
Dinosaur FantasticWitch Fantastic
 
Anthologies edited
Shaggy B.E.M. Stories (1988)
     aka Dirty Rotten Aliens
Alternate Presidents (1989)
Alternate Kennedys (1992)
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF (1992)
Whatdunits (1992)
The Gods of War (1992) (with Jody Lynn Nye and Christopher Stasheff)
Aladdin : Master of the Lamp (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
By Any Other Fame (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993) (with Gardner Dozois)
More Whatdunits (1993)
Alternate Warriors (1993)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993) (with Gardner Dozois)
Christmas Ghosts (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh (1994)
Alternate Outlaws (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994) (with Loren D Estleman, Martin H Greenberg)
Alternate Worldcons (1994)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Tombs, Travel and Trouble (1996) (with Lawrence Griswold)
Alternate Tyrants (1997)
Return of the Dinosaurs (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Girls for the Slime God (1997)
Alternate Skiffy (1997) (with Patrick Nielsen Hayden)
Women Writing Science Fiction as Men (2003)
Stars: Original Stories Based on Janis Ian Songs (2003) (with Janis Ian)
Men Writing Science Fiction As Women (2003) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Down These Dark Spaceways (2005)
I, Alien (2005)
Space Cadets (2006)
This Is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (2006)
This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (2007)
The Dragon Done It (2008) (with Eric Flint)
Shaggy B.E.M. StoriesAlternate PresidentsAlternate KennedysInside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF
WhatdunitsThe Gods of WarFuture Earths : Under African SkiesMore Whatdunits
Alternate WarriorsFuture Earths : Under South American SkiesChristmas GhostsIn Space No One Can Hear You Laugh
Alternate OutlawsDeals with the DevilSherlock Holmes in OrbitTombs, Travel and Trouble
Alternate TyrantsReturn of the DinosaursGirls for the Slime GodAlternate Skiffy
Women Writing Science Fiction as MenStars: Original Stories Based on Janis Ian SongsMen Writing Science Fiction As WomenDown These Dark Spaceways
I, AlienSpace CadetsThis Is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories EverThis Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever
The Dragon Done It
 
Non fiction
Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts into Silk Purse StoriesI Have This Nifty Idea: ...Now What Do I Do with It?Once a Fan...Resnick at Large
New Voices in Science FictionWorldcon Guest of Honor SpeechesHistory Revisited: Real Historians Debate the Best of Alternate HistoryHistory Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History
 
Anthologies containing stories by Mike Resnick
Great Tales of Mystery and SuspenseNebula Awards 25Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SFXanadu
Alternate WarriorsBetcha Can't Read Just OneFuture Earths : Under African SkiesThe Norton Book of Science Fiction
Tales of the Wandering JewAlien Pregnant by ElvisThe Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary AnthologyDeals with the Devil
Weird Tales from ShakespeareThe Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual CollectionThe Book of KingsKilling Me Softly
Sherlock Holmes in OrbitSuperheroesTales of the BatmanThe Ultimate Alien
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual CollectionCastle FantasticDon't Forget Your Spacesuit, DearNebula Awards 30
The Resurrected Holmes: New Cases from the Notes of John H. WatsonWar of the Worlds: Global DispatchesThe Way It Wasn'tThe Williamson Effect
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual CollectionZodiac FantasticEros ex MachinaFlights of Fantasy
Civil War FantasticIsaac Asimov's Mother's DayIsaac Asimov's UtopiasStar Colonies
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual CollectionOceans of Magic
 
Short stories
The Last Dog (1977)
Blue (1979)
Beachcomber (1980)
Watching Marcia (1981)
The Fallen Angel (1984)
God and Mr Slatterman (1984)
Me and My Shadow (1984)
Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera (1986)
Beibermann's Soul (1988)
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg (1988)
Death Is an Acquired Trait (1988)
His Award-Winning Science Fiction Story (1988)
King of the Blue Planet (1988)
Kirinyaga (1988)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo
Balance (1989)
For I Have Touched the Sky (1989)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo (nominee)
Neutral Ground (1989)
Was It Good For You, Too? (1989)
Bully! (1990)Hugo (nominee)
Nebula (nominee)
Frankie the Spook (1990)
How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach (1990)
The Manamouki (1990)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo
Museum Piece (1990)
Malish (1991)
Monsters of the Midway (1991)
Mrs Hood Unloads (1991)
One Perfect Morning, With Jackals (1991)Hugo (nominee)
Over There (1991)
Post Time in Pink (1991)
Winter Solstice (1991)Hugo (nominee)
The B Team (1992)
The Light that Blinds, the Claws that Catch (1992)
Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies (1992)
Will the Last Person To Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? (1992)
Final Solution (1993)
The Lotus and the Spear (1993)Hugo (nominee)
Mwalimu in the Squared Circle (1993)Hugo (nominee)
The Pale Thin God (1993)
Barnaby in Exile (1994)Hugo (nominee)
How Jerry Phipps Won His Hugo (1994)
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (1994)Hugo
Nebula
Stanley, the Eighteen-Percenter (1994)
Stop Press (1994)
The Summer of My Discontent (1994)
Super Acorns (1994) (with Lawrence Schimel)
The Adventure of the Pearly Gates (1995)
Alien Radio (1995) (with Nick DiChario)
Bibi (1995) (with Susan Shwartz)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo (nominee)
Coda: Working Stiff (1995) (with Nick DiChario)
The Joy of Hats (1995) (with Nick DiChario)
A Little Knowledge (1995)Hugo (nominee)
When Old Gods Die (1995)Nebula (nominee)
When the Old Gods Die (1995)Hugo (nominee)
Darker Than You Wrote (1996)
The Land of Nod (1996)Hugo (nominee)
Merdinus (1996) (with Linda J Dunn)
The Most Beautiful Girl Alive (1996) (with Nick DiChario)
Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip (vamberry the Wine Merchant) (1996)
The Roosevelt Dispatches (1996)
The Starving Children on Mars (1996) (with Louise Rowder)
The 43 Antarean Dynasties (1997)Hugo
Sagittarius Rising (1997) (with Ann Marston)
A Buzzard Names Rabinowitz (1999)
Hothouse Flowers (1999)Hugo (nominee)
Hunting the Snark (1999)Hugo (nominee)
Nebula (nominee)
Boot Hill (2000) (with Catherine Asaro)
Full Circle (2000) (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
The Elephants on Neptune (2001)Hugo (nominee)
Ocean's Eleven (2001) (with Tom Gerencer)
Redchapel (2001)Hugo (nominee)


Awards
Hugo Best Short story winner (1989) : Kirinyaga
Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1989) : Kirinyaga
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1990) : For I Have Touched the Sky
Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1990) : For I Have Touched the Sky
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (1990) : Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1990) : Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future