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Kirinyaga [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. An African tribe struggles to maintain their customs on a terraformed planet. (Published: 1988) Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 7123 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Honorable Enemies [A Jake Masters Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Detective Jake Masters must enlist the aid of an alien criminal kingpin to solve the murder of his partner. (Published: 2008)
Words: 18040 - Reading Time: 51-72 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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I Have This Nifty Idea ... Now What Do I Do With It?: Presenting Novel Ideas to Book Editors [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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This book contains outlines for science fiction and fantasy novels which real authors (new and old) used to sell their books to major publishing companies ... actual examples drawn from authors' files, not idealized versions prepared just for a textbook. Whether you're a beginning writer looking to break into novels, an experienced professional seeking new tools and techniques to sell books, or a fan curious about the remarkable thought-processes of some of the great genre writers of our time, y... more info>> (Published: 2002) Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 96210 - Reading Time: 274-384 min.
Category: General Nonfiction
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Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Bandit, murderer, known to all, seen by none ... has he killed a thousand men? Has he saved a dozen world? His legend is as large as the Rim itself, his trail as elusive as a wisp of starlight in the empty realms of space. The reward for him is the largest in history. (Published: 1986)
Words: 115136 - Reading Time: 328-460 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A party of alien archeologists try to learn the mysteries of mankind as they excavate in a gorge on Earth--thousands of years after mankind has become extinct. A gripping exploration of human origins and motivations. (Published: 1994) Nebula Award(R) Winner, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 18923 - Reading Time: 54-75 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Princess of Earth [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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An aging widower is visited by John Carter, the main character from Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars," who delivers a cryptic message concerning the fate of his beloved wife. (Published: 2004) Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee
Words: 4938 - Reading Time: 14-19 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Bwana [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. Koriba's counsel is rejected by the tribe, and they seek a quick-fix for their problem with jackals. Soon they face a killer even greater than the jackals, one who will tax all of Koriba's powers.
Words: 16816 - Reading Time: 48-67 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Darker Than You Wrote [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Jacob Bratzinger experienced The Change every night, and every morning hated himself for what he had done. After six months of a gruesome routine that included solitary afternoons at the end of the bar in a local tavern ... he finally decided to tell his story to the bartender... (Published: 1996)
Words: 1214 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Death is an Acquired Trait [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Be careful what your scientists strive for ... after 8 billion years, immortality isn't all it's cracked up to be. (Published: 1998)
Words: 2259 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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For I Have Touched the Sky [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. (Published: 1989) Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 9110 - Reading Time: 26-36 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Heart of Stone [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick, Lyn Nichols
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A lovesick golem enlists the aid of some pookas, dryads, niskies to rescue his beloved troll maiden. (Published: 1997)
Words: 6832 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Interview with the Almighty [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Straight from Sid & Sylvia's 5-Star Deli, it's the first interview with God since Man learned to write. Imagine ... an opportunity to get answers to all the BIG questions from GOD HIMSELF ... what would *you* ask? (Published: 1999)
Words: 1157 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Mrs. Hood Unloads [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Robin Hood's mother kvetches about her outlaw son during a game of mah jongg. (Published: 1991)
Words: 1078 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Humor
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Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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An unruly group of Sugar Plum Fairies mysteriously appear in Arthur Crumm's basement ... their diabolical plan is to wage a cataclysmic war of revenge on the world for their unflattering portrayal in film, literature--and especially ballet. (Published: 1992)
Words: 3333 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Sagittarius Rising [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick, Ann Marston
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When Stacey's astrological-minded roommate predicts an important event for her involving a Sagittarius, she disregards it as the usual nonsense ... particularly because her fiance Ken is a Virgo. Stacey never considered that the 'Sagittarius' would be the centaur himself, mysteriously transported from Mount Olympus. (Published: 1997)
Words: 5438 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Sideshow: Tales of the Galactic Midway, Vol. 1 [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Traveling carnival owner Thaddeus Flint swindles the owner of a freak show into an unlikely business partnership. When Flint discovers that the freaks are a group of undercover alien tourists, he keeps the secret from the outside world and looks for an opportunity to expand his carny tour out to the stars. (Published: 1982)
Words: 50687 - Reading Time: 144-202 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Song of a Dry River [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. Koriba, tired after a long day of settling petty disputes, is driven to put a curse on his own people, plunging Kirinyaga into a devastating drought to force compliance with the laws and customs of the Kikuyu people. But has he gone too far this time? (Published: 1991)
Words: 7378 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Super Acorns [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick, Lawrence Schimel
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A doctor for ailing Superheroes vents his superpower frustration in letters to his mother. (Published: 1995)
Words: 2727 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The 43 Antarean Dynasties [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Now that Man has arrived, how much can an ancient culture endure? (Published: 1997) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 5873 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Arrows of Godly Passion [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick, Nick DiChario
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Mitch Sierra is a handsome, intelligent, airline executive who successfully seduces every woman he pursues. When a beautiful new employee catches his eye, the mythological warnings against pursuing Artemis--the stunning beauty's mysterious first-and-last name--only encourage him in his hunt for the virgin goddess. (Published: 1998)
Words: 5561 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Manamouki [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. Immigrants to Kirinyaga are sincere in their wish to be a part of the culture, but is that enough? (Published: 1990) Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, SF Chronicle Poll Winner
Words: 11189 - Reading Time: 31-44 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Shiksa [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick, Lawrence Schimel
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Adam and Eve discover their son Cain has fallen for a non-Jewish girl with a bad reputation. (Published: 1995)
Words: 1970 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Wild Alien Tamer: Tales of the Galactic Midway, Vol. 3 [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Two years into his traveling carnival tour of the galaxy, Thaddeus Flint and his alien business partner finally start to turn a profit for the Corporation. When alien environments start taking a toll on the stars of the wild animal show, the animal trainer, Jupiter Monk, braves the dangers of teaching tricks to ferocious alien carnivores. (Published: 1983)
Words: 52892 - Reading Time: 151-211 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Buzzard Named Rabinowitz [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A political cartoonist exposes corruption among the leaders of Chicago's business and government with unflattering caricatures as skunks, sloths, weasels, and buzzards. After the fall, revenge is exacted in the most cruel and animalistic fashion. (Published: 1999)
Words: 1149 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Hunger in the Soul [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Enoch Stone's career as an alien game hunter came to a screeching halt at the end of his last adventure, and his new desk job at a museum is making him restless. When the megalomaniacal reporter Robert Markham approaches Stone with an offer to join his expedition on a jungle-covered planet to find a missing research scientist, Stone can't resist the opportunity to get back to the life he desperately misses ... and a chance at galaxy-wide fame. (Published: 1998)
Words: 55011 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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