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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.
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The Dark Lady: A Romance of the Far Future [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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In the 7th millennium, humans have spread throughout the galaxy and govern most of the inhabited planets. Leonardo, Our Humble Hero and purple-blooded Bjornn of the planet Benitarus II, is sent as an expert appraiser to the Claiborne Art Gallery on the mostly-human planet of Far London. Leonardo's enhanced ultraviolet and infrared vision are ideal traits for assessment and authentication of artwork, and he immediately catches the attention of an aging Far London collector who, in spite of his co... more info>> 1987 Prix Tour Eiffel Winner (100,000 franc prize, Best SF Novel)
Words: 78765 - Reading Time: 225-315 min.
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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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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. 1986
Words: 115172 - Reading Time: 329-460 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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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? 1997 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 5873 - Reading Time: 16-23 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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Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight [A John Justin Mallory Story] [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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It's 8:35pm on New Year's Eve, and Private Detective John Justin Mallory hides out in his Manhattan office to avoid his landlord's persistent inquiries about the unpaid rent. As he cheerlessly reflects on the passing of a lousy year that saw his business partner run off with his wife, he assumes the bourbon is responsible for the appearance of a belligerent elf trying to solicit his business in searching for a unicorn that was stolen from his charge. When Mallory realizes the little green fellow... more info>> 1987
Words: 77374 - Reading Time: 221-309 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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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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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. 1998
Words: 55158 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Miracle of Rare Design: A Tragedy of Transcendence [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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The 12,000-world Republic of Man sends successful author and notorious thrillseeker Xavier William Lennox to an alien planet on an undercover mission. Disguised as one of the xenophobic natives, Lennox attempts to persuade their leader to grant mining rights to the valuable minerals that lay buried in their vast deserts. When Lennox is rescued ... tortured and barely alive ... the Republic offers him another chance at the job, but with a new body surgically altered to exactly match the hideous n... more info>> 1994
Words: 54948 - Reading Time: 156-219 min.
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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. 1982
Words: 50856 - Reading Time: 145-203 min.
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The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer: Tales of the Galactic Midway, Vol. 2 [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Traveling carnival owner Thaddeus Flint expands his tour from the American Northeast out to the stars, only to discover that some of the attractions don't quite hold the audience like they did back on Earth. Realizing that his strip show has no more appeal to an alien audience than watching a saddle come off a horse, he re-assigns his girls to work the game booths on the midway. When one of the girls can't make the transition, he improvises an alien solution. 1983
Words: 46466 - Reading Time: 132-185 min.
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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. 1983
Words: 53051 - Reading Time: 151-212 min.
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The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy: Tales of the Galactic Midway, Vol. 4 [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Five years into his traveling carnival tour of the galaxy, Thaddeus Flint and his alien business partner are rolling in the dough for the Corporation. When Billybuck Dancer, the trick shot artist, gets bored and starts taking dangerous chances with his own safety, Flint captures his attention by arranging a much-publicized and highly-profitable showdown between Dancer and his nemesis, Doc Holliday. 1983
Words: 68092 - Reading Time: 194-272 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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Eros at Nadir: Book 4 of Tales of the Velvet Comet [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Book Four of the Velvet Comet--the enormous, exclusive, elaborate, and infamous orbiting brothel: Screenwriter and novelist Nate Page arrives aboard the empty Velvet Comet twenty-three years after it is decommissioned by the Vainmill Syndicate. The light-topic musical holographic production that Nate is writing is based on the Velvet Comet in its prime, and requires research available only through Cupid, the ship's still-functioning and nearly-self-aware onboard computer. As the cynical screenwr... more info>> 1986
Words: 44949 - Reading Time: 128-179 min.
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Eros Descending: Book 3 of Tales of the Velvet Comet [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Book Three of the Velvet Comet--the enormous, exclusive, elaborate, and infamous orbiting brothel: In an attempt to financially persuade the Reverend Thomas Gold to discontinue his public condemnations the Velvet Comet, the Vainmill Syndicate invites the popular cult leader to a charity event aboard the galaxy's most notorious house of ill repute. But when the Reverend is exposed to an alien twist on the sins of the flesh, his own weakness threatens to topple his ministry--and his sanity. 1985
Words: 57753 - Reading Time: 165-231 min.
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Walpurgis III [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Back in the early 1980s, Mike had been writing a weekly column on the supernatural and had a story background for a world that had been colonized by Satanists--but he had no story to tell. Then one night after a disagreement with his wife, he stalked down the stairs thinking she was the most evil woman in the universe and before he hit the bottom stair he had the story (and ran back to kiss her and tell her so): What happens when a society that pays lip service to Evil is confronted by Evil Inca... more info>> 1982
Words: 59107 - Reading Time: 168-236 min.
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The Soul Eater [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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An intergalactic hunter who has tracked down every sort of creature for fun and profit is about to face a being whose legend has grown throughout the universe. Now in the dark depths of space, the hunter and the hunted exchange roles in a deadly tale of pursuit and conquest. 1981
Words: 51676 - Reading Time: 147-206 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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Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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Multiple award-winning author Mike Resnick analyzes his writing process, discussing in detail how he writes his short stories. Each discussion is accompanied by the developing drafts of five of his most famous stories. An insightful look into the writing process ... and some of his creative choices are sure to surprise you. This book contains early drafts of some of Resnick's most acclaimed works, and presents detailed discussions of the mistakes he made in the early drafts, why he made changes,... more info>> 2001 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 54348 - Reading Time: 155-217 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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