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Mike Resnick

(Michael Diamond Resnick)

(1942 - )
(Father of Laura Resnick)

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

Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks

Flagship
(Starship, book 5)

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

The Business of Science Fiction

Series

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

Far Future History
1. Birthright: The Book of Man (1982)
2. Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future (1980)
3. The Dark Lady: A Romance of the Far Future (1987)

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)
Tales Of The Velvet Comet (omnibus) (2001)

Lucifer Jones
1. Adventures (1985)
2. Lucifer Jones (1992)
3. Exploits (1993)
4. Encounters (1994)
5. Hazards (2009)

Fable of Tonight
Stalking the Unicorn (1987)
Stalking the Vampire (2008)
Stalking the Dragon (2009)

Galactic Comedy
1. Paradise: A Chronicle of a Distant World (1989)
2. Purgatory (1993)
Inferno: A Chronicle of a Distant World (1993)
Mike Resnick's The Galactic Comedy (omnibus) (2003)

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)
Widowmakers (omnibus) (1998)
A Gathering Of Widowmakers (2005)

Dragon America
1. Revolution (2005)

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

Novels

Omnibus

Bwana / Bully (1991)

Collections

Novellas

Kilimanjaro: A Fable of Utopia (2008)

Series contributed to

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

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

Nebula Awards Showcase
8. Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007)

Anthology series

Fantastic (with Martin H Greenberg)
Dinosaur Fantastic (1993)
Witch Fantastic (1994)

Anthologies edited

Shaggy B.E.M. Stories (1988)
aka Dirty Rotten Aliens
Alternate Presidents (1989)
The Gods of War (1992) (with Jody Lynn Nye and Christopher Stasheff)
Alternate Kennedys (1992)
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF (1992)
Whatdunits (1992)
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)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993) (with Gardner Dozois)
More Whatdunits (1993)
Alternate Warriors (1993)
Christmas Ghosts (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Alternate Worldcons (1994)
In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh (1994)
Alternate Outlaws (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994) (with Loren D Estleman, Martin H Greenberg)
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)
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe II (2008) (with Eric Flint)
When Diplomacy Fails: An Anthology of Military Science Fiction (2008) (with Eric Flint)

Non fiction

Anthologies containing stories by Mike Resnick

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
Nebula Awards 25 (1991)
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF (1992)
Xanadu (1992)
Alternate Warriors (1993)
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993)
Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Tales of the Wandering Jew (1993)
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
Alternate Worldcons (1994)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994)
Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
The Book of Kings (1995)
Killing Me Softly (1995)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)
Superheroes (1995)
Tales of the Batman (1995)
The Ultimate Alien (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
Castle Fantastic (1996)
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996)
Nebula Awards 30 (1996)
The Resurrected Holmes: New Cases from the Notes of John H. Watson (1996)
The Shimmering Door (1996)
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996)
The Way It Wasn't (1996)
The Williamson Effect (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
Zodiac Fantastic (1997)
Eros ex Machina (1998)
Flights of Fantasy (1999)
Civil War Fantastic (2000)
Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000)
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000)
Star Colonies (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
Oceans of Magic (2001)

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
	Hugo Best Novellette winner (1991) : The Manamouki
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1991) : The Manamouki
	Hugo Best Novella nominee (1991) : Bully!
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1992) : Winter Solstice
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1992) : One Perfect Morning, With Jackals
	Nebula Best Novella nominee (1992) : Bully!
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1993) : The Lotus and the Spear
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1994) : Mwalimu in the Squared Circle
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1995) : A Little Knowledge
	Nebula Best Novella winner (1995) : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
	Hugo Best Novella winner (1995) : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1995) : Barnaby in Exile
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1996) : When the Old Gods Die
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1996) : When Old Gods Die
	Hugo Best Novella nominee (1996) : Bibi
	Nebula Best Novella nominee (1996) : Bibi
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1997) : The Land of Nod
	Hugo Best Short story winner (1998) : The 43 Antarean Dynasties
	Hugo Best Novella nominee (2000) : Hunting the Snark
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (2000) : Hothouse Flowers
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (2001) : Redchapel
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (2001) : The Elephants on Neptune
	Nebula Best Novella nominee (2001) : Hunting the Snark

Books about Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to His Work (2000) by Fiona Kelleghan and Ralph Roberts

Links to other websites

mikeresnick.com

Mike Resnick recommends

The Identity Plunderers (1984) (Siscoe And Block, book 1) Isidore Haiblum "A rip-roaring, hard-boiled, enjoyable space adventure."	Greenhouse (1991) (Organic Future, book 2) Thomas A Easton "Easton has created an absolutely mind-boggling future!"	Mirabile (1991) Janet Kagan "An absolute delight!"
Far-Seer (1992) (Quintaglio Ascension, book 1) Robert J Sawyer "Sawyer's as good at world-building as he is at telling an exciting, satisfying story."	Tropic of Creation (2000) Kay Kenyon "More proof that Kay Kenyon is a major talent."	Hammered (2002) (Jenny Casey, book 1) Elizabeth Bear "Very exciting... very impressive debut."
Phobos (2003) Ty Drago "A very impressive debut novel."	The Risen Empire (2003) (Succession, book 1) Scott Westerfeld "The Risen Empire is proof that space opera can be as complex and sophisticated as any other form of literature."	Fangs and Angel Wings (2003) Karen E Taylor "I urge you to check these stories out; they're really quite remarkable."

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