Mike resnick is, according to locus, the alltime leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. Many of us have danced around this topic but no one has hit the bullseye like mitch resnick has done. Author mike resnicks complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Alternate presidents is a collection of 28 short stories edited by mike resnick, speculating on what history might have been like if the outcome of 28 presidential elections would have been different.
Short story narration of mike resnick s the homecoming. Many of the novels that followed his first focused on humans making first contact. Mike resnick detailed the short life of the first clone in the widowmaker and the more successful second clone in widowmaker reborn. Adrienne gormley completed a 679page second edition, which was published in 2012.
A science fiction conversation 2004 and 50th anniversary brunch noreascon three videotape 1989. A national book award finalist first published in 1981 and reissued in hardcover in march 2012, homecoming is the compelling story of four siblings, age 6 to, who are abandoned by their mother in a parking lot, and have no father to go home to he left before the fourth kid was born. Travels with my cats, a very soft science fiction short story by mike resnick, won the hugo award for best short story in 2005, and was also nominated for the 2004 nebula award. Men writing science fiction as women by mike resnick.
Below is a list of john harveys charlie resnick books in order of when they were originally published which is also their. This first novel is about an abandoned family, four children ages 6 to. Mike resnick was born on march 5, 1942 in chicago, illinois, usa as michael diamond resnick. Author mike resnick, 77, died january 9, 2020 of lymphoma. The baby girl, named kyle by her adoptive parents, grows up with no. Mike resnick books list of books by author mike resnick. It is about a middle aged man who is given the amazing opportunity to converse with the long dead author of his favorite book.
Lifelong kindergarten is filled with gemsthoughts about what learning in the 21st century needs to be like, brought to life through evocative and nuanced examples that fire up our own imaginations. The complete series list for mitch rapp vince flynn. Soothsayer oracle trilogy book 1 kindle edition by resnick, mike. Now, in widowmaker unleashed, he turns his attention to the recently cured jefferson nighthawk. During the voting period homecoming is available for free online here. It was thought that was the series was over with in 1998 with last rites, but resnick would make a comeback in 2008 with cold in hand. Mike resnicks novels are notable for the tall tales they relate and the characters who are bigger than life. Michael diamond resnick born march 5, 1942 is an american science. The purpose of these clones was to provide the capital needed to maintain nighthawks slumber until he could be cured. Michael diamond resnick was an american science fiction writer and editor.
In the widowmaker, first of a new trilogy, resnick examines the question of individuality more fully than in a miracle of rare design. However, her choice will have unforeseen ramifications for more lives than she ever expected. The characters at the outpost a gathering place at the outer edge of the galaxy where adventurous souls can come. Join facebook to connect with michael resnick and others you may know. A legendary bounty hunter named the widowmaker is brought out of a deep freeze in order to get his permission to create a clone. Lou anders, my editor at pyr, asked me to do a weird western, which would be both fantasy and steampunk. Many of the original themes and ideas remain intact here, as card looks to develop them for his audience. In the wake of her husbands presumed death, a young war bride makes a desperate choice to give her baby a better life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He first appeared on the streets of rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. Late in life, he began writing and selling a series of mystery novels as well, featuring detective eli paxton. Win some, lose some by mike resnick between 1989 and 2012, a span of 23 years, the members of the world science fiction society have seen fit to honor mike resnick with 36 hugo nominations, 30 for his fiction, more than any other science fiction author.
This includes 5 hugo awards, and a record 34 hugo nominations, 29 of them for short fiction. Another homecoming by janette oke, davis bunn nook. Homecoming is a 1981 young adult novel by american childrens author cynthia voigt. Similar to the hercules text, many of the novels are about the discovery of an intelligent species that has been communicating with the earth through a yet to be decoded signal. Maybe not an original theme, but the author offers a fresh and very readable take. Charlie resnick made his debut in the novel lonely hearts, published in 1989. Read second contact by mike resnick available from rakuten kobo. The author of the starship series, the john justin mallory series, the eli paxton mysteries, and four weird west tales, he sold sixtynine science fiction novels and more than two.
If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. See all books authored by mike resnick, including after the king. List of works by american science fiction author mike resnick. Then there was a moment of utter silence, as if they knew we were listening for them, and finally there were the familiar hoots and shrieks as they raced to within fifty meters of us and, still screeching, struck postures of aggression. The homecoming by mike resnick this story is a nominee for the 2012 hugo awards, and as such i expected it to be a good read. Read books for free from anywhere and from any device. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Mike resnick project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
Join facebook to connect with mike resnick and others you may know. Mike resnick won an impressive five hugos and was nominated for thirtyone more. Michael mike diamond resnick, better known by his published name mike resnick, is a popular and prolific american science fiction author. Mike resnick has 683 books on goodreads with 191844 ratings. Michael mike diamond resnick, better known by his published name mike resnick, was a popular and prolific american science fiction author. He is, according to locus, the alltime leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. Short story narration of mike resnicks the homecoming.
Flagship is book 5 of mike resnicks starship series and is set in 1970 of the galactic era, almost three thousand years from now, when the rebel starship theodore roosevelt prepares to lead coles armada into the republic even though outnumbered. Order of homecoming saga books the homecoming saga is a series of scifi novels by american author orson scott card. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading soothsayer oracle trilogy book 1. Turners love for international politics compelled him to write this book series. The outpost is a canterbury talesstyle bar where these heroes can meet and swap stories when they need a break from their lives of heroic endeavors. It is the first of seven novels in the tillerman cycle. Resnick wrote more than 70 novels and published over 25 collections. A son returns home, much changed, having taken a decision to undergo fundamental surgical change to. May 11, 2011 mark watson 0 comments mike resnick a consecutive short and emotionally intense story in the issue looking at the impact on humans of loss through an sfnal lens.
All my adult life i had wanted to write a novel about doc holliday and johnny ringo, the only two collegeeducated gunslingers. Marking the second title in the ongoing homecoming saga series of novels, it carries on directly providing the next instalment for cards audience. The book marked the direction and thematic growth of jack mcdevitt. The series attempts to provide greater visibility to lesser known science fiction and. The captain of a spaceship had shot and killed two of his crewmen, and major maxwell becker, a military lawyer, is assig. The jeff resnick mysteries, set in buffalo, new york, feature a downonhis luck former insurance investigator who, after a vicious mugging in manhattan, is able to sense things others cant. Phantasia press complete collection 49 volumes, 1978 to 1989, all first signed hardcover limited editions and or first editions signed with the exception of wall of serpents first published by avalon books in 1960, all very fine in like dustwrappers and slipcases, many with low numbers whatever that signifies. You will read about how mike resnick was an incredible author and the best writer dad a fledging author could wish for. Parents need to know that homecoming is the first book in a sevenpart series known as the tillerman cycle. Sign up for librarything to find out whether youll like this book.
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