Mike Resnick (1942–2020)
Author of Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future
About the Author
Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942. He sold his first article in 1957, his first short story in 1959, and his first book in 1962. He attended the University of Chicago from1959 through 1961. Resnick began writing stories under various pseudonyms and churned out more than 200 novels, 300 short show more stories and 2,000 articles, from1964 through1976. He edited 7 different tabloid newspapers and a pair of men's magazines, as well. Beginning with Shaggy B.E.M. Stories in 1988, Resnick has also become an anthology editor, and was nominated for a Best Editor Hugo in 1994 and 1995. His list of anthologies in print and in press totals more than 20. Since 1989, he has won four Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and has been nominated for 19 Hugos, eight Nebulas, a Clarke (British), and five Seiun-shos (Japanese). He has also won 10 Homer Awards, an Alexander Award, a Golden Pagoda Award, the Seiun Award (Japanese), a Hayakawa SF Award (Japanese), a Locus Award, an Ignotus Award (Spanish), a Futura Award (Croatian), the Tour Eiffel Award (French), the Prix Ozone (French), two Sfinks Awards and a Fantastyka Award (both Polish), and has topped the S. F. Chronicle Poll six times and the Asimov's Readers Poll twice. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Mike Resnick
This Is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (2006) 82 copies
This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series)… (2007) 33 copies
Win Some, Lose Some: The Hugo Award Winning (and Nominated) Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Mike Resnick (2012) 19 copies
The Fantasy & Science Fiction Book of Unicorns, Volume 2 — Contributor — 13 copies
When the Old Gods Die (novelette) 10 copies
The Land of Nod [short fiction] 10 copies
A Princess of Earth [short story] 9 copies
Galaxy's Edge Magazine - Omnibus Magazine 1: Complete Contents from Issues 1, 2, and 3. Edited by Mike Resnick.… (2015) — Editor — 8 copies
Hothouse flowers {short story} 7 copies
The Manamouki 7 copies
Robots Don't Cry [short story] 7 copies
How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach 6 copies
Winter Solstice (short story) 6 copies
The Adventure of the Pearly Gates 6 copies
Kemosabee 6 copies
A little knowledge (novelette) 6 copies
Bug-Eyed Monsters and Bimbos: A Hilarious Collection of Parodies by Some of the Greatest Writers of Science Fiction (2011) 5 copies
Revolt Of The Sugar Plum Fairies 5 copies
The Alien Heart 5 copies
Song of a Dry River 5 copies
The Pale, Thin God 5 copies
Even Butterflies Can Sting 4 copies
The Blue-Nosed Reindeer 4 copies
With a Little Help from My Friends: Stories by Hugo and Nebula Winner Mike Resnick in Collaboration with ... (2002) 4 copies
Bibi [novella] 4 copies
Article Of Faith 4 copies
The Bride of Frankenstein 4 copies
Watching Marcia 4 copies
Over There 4 copies
Beachcomber 3 copies
King Of The Blue Planet 3 copies
Classifieds 3 copies
Malish 3 copies
Mrs Hood Unloads 3 copies
Guardian Angel 3 copies
A better mousetrap 3 copies
My Girl 3 copies
Here’s Looking at You Kid 3 copies
Fallen Angel 3 copies
A Very Special Girl 3 copies
The Crack In The Cosmic Egg 3 copies
The Inn Of The Hairy Toad 3 copies
Hunting the Snark {novella} 3 copies
A Little Night Music 3 copies
Visitors' Night at Joey Chicago's 3 copies
Roots and a Few Vines 2 copies
The Gefilte Fish Girl 2 copies
Hunting Lake 2 copies
The Artists 2 copies
Big Red And The Aliens 2 copies
The Long And Short Of It 2 copies
Island of Annoyed Souls 2 copies
Biebermann's Soul 2 copies
A Four-sided Triangle 2 copies
The Amorous Broom 2 copies
Mrs. Vamberry Takes A Trip 2 copies
Sluggo 2 copies
The Wizard of West 34th Street 2 copies
Death Is An Acquired Trait 2 copies
Jellyfish 2 copies
God And Mr. Slatterman 2 copies
A Jaguar Never Changes Its Stripes 2 copies
Stella by starlight [short fiction] 2 copies
Balance 2 copies
Christmas Eve At Harvey Wallbanger's 2 copies
Two Hunters in Manhattan 2 copies
Barnaby in exile (short story) 2 copies
Alien Radio 2 copies
Peacekeeper (short story) 2 copies
The Sergeant Who Hated Everyone 2 copies
The Warlords (short story) 2 copies
Card Shark 2 copies
Stanley, the Eighteen-Percenter 2 copies
Me 2 copies
The Sacred Tree 2 copies
The Science Fiction Professional: Expanded and Updated (Million Dollar Writing Series) (2016) 2 copies
Super Acorns 2 copies
Hurricane Smith And The Aliens 2 copies
The Cyborg De Milo And The Aliens 2 copies
Bet-a-World O'Grady and the Aliens 2 copies
Nicodemus Mayflower And The Aliens 2 copies
Gravedigger Gaines And The Aliens 2 copies
The Untimely Death Of Lance Sterling 2 copies
Three-gun Max And The Aliens 2 copies
Little Mike Picasso And The Aliens 2 copies
The Private Who Hated His General 2 copies
Three-gun Max Finds A Friend 2 copies
The 73-hour Rasslin' Match 2 copies
An Undefeated Spiritual Tag-team 2 copies
A Hospital Is Not A Home 2 copies
The Sacrifice Of Langtry Lily 2 copies
The General Who Hated His Private 2 copies
The Earth Mother And The Aliens 2 copies
The Battle Of The Big Little Horn 2 copies
Achmed Of Alphard And The Aliens 2 copies
A City Older Than Time 2 copies
The Gril With The Hungry Eyes 2 copies
Hellfire Van Winkle And The Aliens 2 copies
Sahara Del Rio And The Aliens 2 copies
The Prophet Who Was Never Right 2 copies
Catastrophe Baker And The Aliens 2 copies
The Prophet Who Was Never Wrong 2 copies
The Pirates Of Dawn 2 copies
Building Mister Right 2 copies
A Locked-planet Mystery 2 copies
A Buzzard Named Rabinowitz 2 copies
Interview With The Almighty 2 copies
Stop Press 2 copies
Neutral Ground 2 copies
Museum Piece 2 copies
High Noon On Henry Viii 2 copies
Was It Good For You Too? 2 copies
Genesis: The Rejected Canon 2 copies
On the Train 2 copies
The Tragic Quest Of Faraway Jones 2 copies
The Politicians 2 copies
The Roosevelt Dispatches 2 copies
The Greatest Painting Of All Time 2 copies
Magnum books 1 copy
THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE FANTASTICS: PULPS DIGESTS HARDCOVERS PAPERBACKS STAR TREK RADIO PREMIUMS FANZINES ORIGINAL… (1976) 1 copy
Weird Chicago 1 copy
Solomon's Choice — Author — 1 copy
Mutineer 1 copy
The Enhancement 1 copy
The Shackles of Freedom 1 copy
The Widowmaker Series Volume Two: The Widowmaker Unleashed * A Gathering of Widowmakers (2022) 1 copy
Simulacron-3 1 copy
Elephants on Neptune 1 copy
Orion: La Fortezza 1 copy
The B Team 1 copy
Before the Beginning 1 copy
Blue 1 copy
The Boy Who Yelled “Dragon!” 1 copy
The Evening Line 1 copy
The Revealed Truth 1 copy
Dobcheck Lost In The Funhouse — Author — 1 copy
Ricordi 1 copy
Report From The Field — Author — 1 copy
The Close Shave — Author — 1 copy
Making the Cut — Author — 1 copy
Carnival Knowledge 1 copy
Treasure Hunting 1 copy
Frankie the Spook 1 copy
The Media 1 copy
The Beginning 1 copy
The Pioneers 1 copy
The Cartographers 1 copy
The Miners 1 copy
The Psychologists 1 copy
The Merchants 1 copy
The Diplomats 1 copy
The Olympians 1 copy
The Barristers 1 copy
The Medics 1 copy
The Administrators 1 copy
The Biochemists 1 copy
The Outpost And The Aliens 1 copy
The Conspirators 1 copy
The Rulers 1 copy
The Symbiotics 1 copy
The Philosophers 1 copy
The Architects 1 copy
The Collectors 1 copy
The Rebels 1 copy
The Archeologists 1 copy
The Priests 1 copy
The Pacifists 1 copy
The Destroyers 1 copy
587th Millennium 1 copy
Secret Sex 1 copy
Argyle And The Aliens 1 copy
The Graverobber 1 copy
Exercising Ghosts 1 copy
The Werewolf 1 copy
The Clubfoot Of Notre Dame 1 copy
The Crown Jewels 1 copy
The Loch Ness Monster 1 copy
A Tabernacle Is Not A Home 1 copy
Death In The Afternoon 1 copy
Doubled And Redoubled 1 copy
The Home-made Man 1 copy
The Other Master Detective 1 copy
Darker Than You Wrote 1 copy
Sinderella And The Aliens 1 copy
The Scorpion Lady 1 copy
The Last Dog 1 copy
Posttime In Pink 1 copy
Monsters Of The Midway 1 copy
Slice Of Life 1 copy
The Flame Of Bharatpur 1 copy
Legend 1 copy
The Last Landship 1 copy
The Greatest Invention 1 copy
The Ultimate Question 1 copy
The Cyborg De Milo 1 copy
The Trillionaire's Toy 1 copy
Reggie's Story 1 copy
The Gambler 1 copy
The Thief 1 copy
Society's Goy (short story) 1 copy
The White Goddess 1 copy
A Red-letter Scheme 1 copy
The Mummy 1 copy
Uncontested Stories 1 copy
The Lost Continent 1 copy
Short Stories, Volume 1 1 copy
Slave Trading 1 copy
The Vampire 1 copy
The Abominable Snowman 1 copy
Partners 1 copy
Royal Bloodlines 1 copy
The Foundling 1 copy
Sail to Success 1 copy
On Safari 1 copy
Shell Game 1 copy
A Most Unusual Greyhound 1 copy
Beibermann's Soul 1 copy
The Plantimal 1 copy
An Affair Of The Heart 1 copy
The Politician 1 copy
PREVENGE 1 copy
The Curator 1 copy
The Hunter 1 copy
The Potentate 1 copy
Himself 1 copy
The Maasai 1 copy
Ivory [Short Story] 1 copy
The Land Of Eternal Youth 1 copy
The Great Wall 1 copy
Working Stiff 1 copy
Birdie 1 copy
Me and Galahad 1 copy
The Lost Race 1 copy
El Presidente 1 copy
Chartreuse Mansions 1 copy
Ocean's Eleven 1 copy
The Sin City Derby 1 copy
The Master Detective 1 copy
The Elephants’ Graveyard 1 copy
Heads And Tails In Paradise 1 copy
The Lord Of The Jungle 1 copy
Approaching Sixty 1 copy
Ritratto in nero 1 copy
Associated Works
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributor — 316 copies
Maureen Birnbaum: Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories (1993) — Introduction, some editions — 259 copies
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Contributor — 151 copies
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contributor — 95 copies
The Resurrected Holmes: New Cases from the Notes of John H. Watson, M.D. (1996) — Contributor — 90 copies
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Science Fictional Olympics (1984) — Contributor — 89 copies
Nebula Awards 30: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1980) — Contributor — 86 copies
The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories (2013) — Author, some editions — 31 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 1994, Vol. 87, No. 4 & 5 (1994) — Author — 28 copies
A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 28 copies
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology (1994) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1990, Vol. 79, No. 4 (1990) — Contributor — 18 copies
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H. G. Wells Classic (2005) — Contributor — 17 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 7 [July 1990] (1990) — Contributor — 14 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 23, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 1999] (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 15: Worldcon 2008 Special (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1988, Vol. 75, No. 2 (1988) — Contributor — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 8 [July 1992] (1992) — Contributor — 12 copies
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (Alternatives Book 3) (2018) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1988, Vol. 75, No. 5 (1988) — Author — 10 copies
In the Shadow of the Wall: An Anthology of Vietnam Stories That Might Have Been (2002) — Contributor — 6 copies
Subterranean Magazine Spring 2009 — Contributor — 5 copies
Dark Fantasies. Antología de fantasía oscura, terror y horror internacional (Nova Fantástica #5) (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2012 — Contributor — 2 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2010 — Contributor — 2 copies
Subterranean Magazine Fall 2010 — Contributor — 1 copy
Box Of Delights — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Resnick, Michael Diamond
- Other names
- Resnick, Michael D.
Smith, J. Thorne - Birthdate
- 1942-03-05
- Date of death
- 2020-01-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Relationships
- Resnick, Laura (daughter)
Resnick, Carol L. Cain (wife) - Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1995)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (1st, 2001)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (3rd, 2002)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (3rd, 2003)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year (1st, 2004)
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