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Soothsayer [Oracle Trilogy Volume 1] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Resnick's sweeping novel is the first volume of a trilogy that traces the life of a girl who has an interesting form of precognition. In this first volume, she's a little girl who's running from several different governments as well as crooks, gangsters, and creatures of all descriptions who wish to use her powers for their own good. This novel takes place on a dozen different planets across the galaxy, and is filled with colorful characters and strange aliens. 1991
Words: 81761 - Reading Time: 233-327 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Oracle [Oracle Trilogy Volume 2] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Resnick's sweeping novel is the second volume of a trilogy that traces the life of a girl who has an interesting form of precognition. In this second volume, Penelope has been missing for sixteen years, and The Iceman is offered a suicide mission he can't refuse. Now he has to decide if he'll do the job himself, or find a subcontractor. 1992
Words: 75245 - Reading Time: 214-300 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Prophet [Oracle Trilogy Volume 3] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Five men are sent to kill the Iceman in one month, and they all fail. As he sends the Gravedancer to find out who wants him dead, what he really wants to know is why Penelope Bailey has allowed him to live. 1993
Words: 73805 - Reading Time: 210-295 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Omega Egg [A Fictionwise Round Robin Novel] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick & Various Authors
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Welcome to the first Fictionwise.com Round Robin Novel! Science Fiction writer and Fictionwise Author of the Year Mike Resnick is our editor for this project. Here's Mike's description of what a Round Robin is: "A round robin is a science fiction tradition dating back some 70 years. It works like this: a number of authors agree to write one chapter each of a novel. There is no plot. There is no outline. Author #1 writes the opening chapter and sends it on to Author #2, who has no idea what he's ... more info>> 2006
Words: 61126 - Reading Time: 174-244 min.
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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. 1994 Nebula Award(R) Winner, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 18923 - Reading Time: 54-75 min.
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Travels with My Cats [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A lonely man falls in love with the long-deceased author of his favorite book. 2004 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 7287 - Reading Time: 20-29 min.
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Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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As the populace of each nation abandons Earth to establish new home worlds, the proud few who remain contend with grand issues on a very small scale. 1992
Words: 1208 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Adventures [Chronicles of Lucifer Jones 1] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Stirring Chronicle of Intrigue, Romance, Danger, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Thrilling Triumphs over Fierce Beasts and Fiercer Men in the Mysterious and Exotic Dark Continent, as Recounted by the Daring, Resourceful, Handsome, and Modest Christian Gentleman: The Right Reverend Honorable Doctor Lucifer Jones 1985
Words: 67471 - Reading Time: 192-269 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Redchapel [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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While visiting England in the fall of 1888, a young Theodore Roosevelt assists Scotland Yard in the effort to capture Jack the Ripper. As the streets of Whitechapel become bloodier with each murder, Teddy's American brand of investigative consultancy shines light into the darkness of the world's most famous unsolved mystery. 2000 Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Nominee, HOMer Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11557 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Widowmaker: Volume 1 of the Widowmaker Trilogy [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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The most celebrated bounty hunter in the galaxy is frozen in DeepSleep awaiting the medical breakthrough that will cure him of a fatal disease. When the cost of cryogenic stasis threatens to exceed his account balance, a clone of the infamous assassin is sent on a job that will deliver the cash required to keep the original alive. This is the first adventure of Jefferson Nighthawk ... a.k.a. the Widowmaker. 1996
Words: 66601 - Reading Time: 190-266 min.
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The Widowmaker Reborn: Volume 2 of the Widowmaker Trilogy [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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The most celebrated bounty hunter in the galaxy is frozen in DeepSleep awaiting the medical breakthrough that will cure him of a fatal disease. When the cost of cryogenic stasis threatens to exceed his account balance, a clone of the infamous assassin is sent on a job that will deliver the cash required to keep the original alive. This is the second adventure of Jefferson Nighthawk ... a.k.a. the Widowmaker. 1997
Words: 63776 - Reading Time: 182-255 min.
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The Widowmaker Unleashed: Volume 3 of the Widowmaker Trilogy [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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The most celebrated bounty hunter in the galaxy is frozen in DeepSleep awaiting the medical breakthrough that will cure him of a fatal disease. When the cost of cryogenic stasis threatens to exceed his account balance, a clone of the infamous assassin is sent on a job that will deliver the cash required to keep the original alive. This is the third adventure of Jefferson Nighthawk ... a.k.a. the Widowmaker. 1998
Words: 56298 - Reading Time: 160-225 min.
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Eros Ascending: Book 1 of Tales of the Velvet Comet [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Book One of the Velvet Comet--the enormous, exclusive, elaborate, and infamous orbiting brothel: As a field accountant for the Vainmill Syndicate, Harry Redwine is assigned to the Velvet Comet for the delicate task of financial sabotage. By inserting 'errors' in the accounting logs, the Syndicate intends to expose a phony embezzlement scheme as an excuse to shut down the troublesome orbiting pleasure palace. When the reclusive Redwine falls in love with the madam, he begins a tricky double-cross... more info>> 1984
Words: 69585 - Reading Time: 198-278 min.
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Eros at Zenith: Book 2 of Tales of the Velvet Comet [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Book Two of the Velvet Comet--the enormous, exclusive, elaborate, and infamous orbiting brothel: Arrogant and overbearing Syndicate detective Andrew Crane arrives aboard the Velvet Comet to investigate a murder. When Crane discovers that the murderer is setting a trap to lure a notorious criminal aboard the Comet, the consequences of solving the mystery forces Crane to become judge, jury, and executioner. 1984
Words: 57818 - Reading Time: 165-231 min.
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Birthright: The Book of Man [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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An epic novel of human expansion across the stars. Birthright: The Book of Man is Mike Resnick's masterful contribution to the science fiction genre's sweeping galactic legacy that began with Asimov's Foundation series. 1982 Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 98686 - Reading Time: 281-394 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Ocean's Eleven [MultiFormat]
by Tom Gerencer & Mike Resnick
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Why does the ocean roar? You'd roar too, if you had crabs on your bottom. The North Atlantic gets fed up with its position ("There's no advancement") and decides to try a new career. Workplace troubles, disgruntlement, and desk-side medical waste abound in this funny venture from Mike Resnick and Tom Gerencer. 2001
Words: 1851 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Fantasy
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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. 1999
Words: 1149 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
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The Bull Moose at Bay [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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October 27, 1916: At President Teddy Roosevelt's 58th birthday party, the polls report that he's on the verge of losing his bid for re-election ... if only women had the vote.... 1991
Words: 3121 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Exploits [Chronicles of Lucifer Jones 2] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Lucifer Jones is back--and Asia's got him! Come along with everybody's favorite con man as he encounters the Oriental Detective with too many sons, the Other Oriental Detective, and (shudder!) the Insidious Oriental Dentist. Join Lucifer as he hunts for the Yeti, wins the Great Wall in hand-to-hand combat, becomes the ruler of a land of eternal youth, and falls hopelessly in love with the notorious Scorpion Lady. Help him tame a block-long Chinese dragon named Cuddles, and ride with him atop a l... more info>> 1993
Words: 52285 - Reading Time: 149-209 min.
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Second Contact [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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This novel brings a unique spin to alien contact stories. It combines action/adventure, mystery and science fiction in a rousing storyline. 1990
Words: 74184 - Reading Time: 211-296 min.
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Ivory [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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In this magnificent Nebula-and-Clarke-nominated novel, researcher Duncan Rojas is approached by the last Maasai and offered a challenge he can't turn down: to find the ivory of the fabled Kilimanjaro Elephant, the greatest trophy ever taken. As Rojas traces the ivory across the galaxy and through the eons, he also begins to learn why it is so important to his client. [Cover photo by Camerapix of Nairobi] 1988 Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee
Words: 99964 - Reading Time: 285-399 min.
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Over There [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Teddy Roosevelt story. Roosevelt, now retired from the presidency, makes a request of Woodrow Wilson. He asks to be allowed to reactivate the Rough Riders and personally lead them into the battlefields of WWI. Based on a true request that Roosevelt made (but was in reality denied by Wilson). 1991
Words: 7758 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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Reflections in Black Granite [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick & Michael A. Burstein
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Eustace Nolan visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D. C. every February 27, the anniversary of his friend Craig's death in 1970. But this year he can't find Craig's name in the 1970 section ... it's the same spot he visits every year, but this time it's just not there. In his granite reflection he notices a change.... 2002
Words: 5580 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
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Bully! [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Theodore Roosevelt story. 1990 Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 24781 - Reading Time: 70-99 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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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. 1988 Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 7123 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
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