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Starship: Mutiny (Starship, Book 1) (Bk. 1)

Mike Resnick

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The date is 1966 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man’s growing military and economic power. The main battles are taking place in the Spiral Arm and toward the Core, but far out on the Rim, the Theodore Roosevelt is one of three ships charged with protecting the Phoenix Cluster, a group of seventy-three inhabited worlds. Old, battered, some of its weapon systems outmoded, the Teddy R. is a ship that would have been decommissioned years ago if a war wasn’t raging. Its crew is composed of retreads, discipline cases, and a few raw recruits. But a new officer has been transferred to the Teddy R. His name is Wilson Cole, and he comes with a reputation for heroics and disobedience. Twice he has ignored or exceeded his orders—both times he has presented the Republic with unexpected triumphs, and both times he has had his ship and crew shot out from under him. Now, he’s been banished to the Teddy R., where he will be a mere second officer, behind Captain Makeo Fujiama and Executive Officer Podok, a fierce Polonoi female.

Tensions rise on the Teddy R., discipline is lax, and Wilson Cole is not a man to sit idly by as a war rages elsewhere. But the Phoenix Cluster is the last place in the galaxy that the enemy would think of attacking. Or is it? With Starship: Mutiny, five-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick brings his prodigious imagination to bear on his very first military SF. Will the galaxy ever be the same?

Starship: Mercenary (Starship, Book 3)

Mike Resnick

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The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation. Captain Wilson Cole, a man with a reputation for exceeding orders but getting results, found himself the victim of a media feeding frenzy, a political scapegoat despite years of dedicated military service. Faced with a court martial, he was rescued by the loyal crew of his ship, the Theodore Roosevelt. Branded mutineers, the Teddy R. has quit the Republic, never to return.

Seeking to find a new life, Wilson Cole first remade the Teddy R. as a pirate ship plying the spaceways of the lawless Inner Frontier. But military discipline and honor were a poor match for a life of pillaging and plundering, and Cole's principles naturally limited his targets. Seeking a better way of life, the Teddy R. becomes a mercenary ship, hiring out to the highest bidder. Whether it's evacuating a hospital before war can reach it, freeing a client from an alien prison, or stopping a criminal cartel from extorting money from a terrified planet, the crew of the Teddy R. proves equal to the task. Along the way they form a partnership with the once human Platinum Duke, team up with a former enemy, and make the unique Singapore Station their headquarters.

But the life of a mercenary is not always predictable, and eventually circumstance pits Cole and the Teddy R. against his right-hand woman, the former Pirate Queen known as the Valkyrie. Soon the fragile trust that has grown between these two legends is put to the test as they find themselves on opposite sides of a job.

Starship: Pirate (Starship, Book 2)

Mike Resnick

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The date is 1967 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation. After his latest exploit saved millions of lives but embarrassed his superiors, Captain Wilson Cole, a man with a reputation for exceeding orders but getting results, found himself the victim of the media feeding frenzy, a political scapegoat despite years of dedicated military service. Faced with a court martial, he was rescued by the loyal crew of his ship, the Theodore Roosevelt. Now branded mutineers, the crew of the Teddy R. has quit the Republic, never to return.

Seeking to find a new life for themselves, Wilson Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. as a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. Here, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules. But military discipline is poor preparation for a life of pillaging and plundering, and Cole’s principles naturally limit his targets. Seeking an education on the nature of piracy, Cole hunts more knowledgeable players. Enter the beautiful but deadly Valkyrie, Val for short, and the enigmatic alien fence known as David Copperfield. But hanging over everything is the fearsome alien pirate—the Hammerhead Shark.

With Starship: Pirate, five-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick continues the story begun in his very first military SF. Will the galaxy ever be the same?

Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight

Mike Resnick

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It's Halloween, and John Justin Mallory's partner, Winnifred Carruthers, has been so busy preparing for the biggest holiday of the year (in this Manhattan, anyway) that she seems short of energy and pale. Mallory is worried that she's been working too hard. Then he notices the two puncture marks on her neck...On this night when ghosts and goblins are out celebrating, detective Mallory must stalk the vampire who has threatened his partner and killed her nephew. With the aid of Felina, the cat-girl, Mallory and Carruthers investigate clubs and lairs that only seem to exist on this one night of the year.His hunt takes him to Creepy Conrad's Cut-Rate All-Night Mortuary, where he questions the living and the dead; to the Annual Zombies' Ball, to learn more about the undead; to the Hills of Home Cemetery, where the vampire sleeps by day; and to Battery Park, where all of Manhattan's bats come to feed and sleep. Along the way he meets a few old friends and enemies, and a host of strange new inhabitants of this otherworldly Manhattan. Locked in an intriguing battle of wits with the millennia-old vampire, Mallory has until dawn if he is to save his trusted partner.

Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight

Mike Resnick

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It's 8:35 pm on New Year's Eve, and Private Detective John Justin Mallory is hiding 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, which saw his business partner run off with his wife, he assumes the bourbon is responsible for the appearance of a belligerent elf. This elf informs him that he needs the detective's help in searching for a unicorn that was stolen from his charge.When Mallory realises the little green fellow is not going to disappear with the passing of his inebriation, he listens to the elf's impassioned plea that the stolen magical beast must be returned to his care by daylight or his little green life will be forfeited by the elves' guild. Join detective Mallory on a New Year's night of wild adventure in a fantasy Manhattan of leprechauns, gnomes, and harpies as he matches wits with the all-powerful demon The Grundy in a race to find the missing unicorn before time runs out!

The Dragon Done It

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Thoroughly addictive treasury of 'whodunnits' 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Dragon Done It is an utterly engrossing anthology of fantasy short stories with a noir twist! These private eyes live in worlds with not only dames and guns, but also witches, magic, monsters, and even creatures from nursery rhymes. From the return of John Justin Mallory (the hero of Mike Resnick's "Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonite") in "The Long and Short of It", to a female ex-cop recently turned vampire in Tanya Huff's "This Town Ain't Big Enough", to Little Jack Horner in Neil Gaiman's "The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds", to Santa Claus himself, retired and down on his luck, in Michael M. Jones' "Claus of Death", these sleuths adapt to their magical settings with the same two-fisted grit characteristic of any classic noir hero. Dragons per se may be in short supply, but dastardly culprits, lying clients, and seedy urban alleys abound in this thoroughly addictive treasury of 'whodunnits'. Highly recommended.

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Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered or planted by an itinerant sorcerer, and supernatural entities ranging from ghosts to vampires to dragons. Even when the detective is a master of sorcery himself, the dragon may have an unbreakable alibi. Best-selling authors Eric Flint and Mike Resnick present a generous selection of stories from the intersection of mystery and magic by popular writers Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolf, David Drake, Harry Turtledove, Esther M. Friesner, and more, including Flint and Resnick themselves. The Dragon Done It is an exciting cross-genre volume that both mystery fans and fantasy fans will enjoy. And so will dragons.

This Is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever

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Irresistible science fiction comedy from great authors 5 out of 5 stars.
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I couldn't resist reading "This is My Funniest", an anthology of stories collected by Mike Resnick from some of the top science fiction writers. Authors were asked to send what they thought was their funniest story. Every story is a real winner, some I thought really funny. The hardest part about reviewing this collection is that types of humor are varied and people find different things amusing. So this is my take at what I thought were standouts because I laughed out loud when I read them. Other stories were great science fiction. In all, twenty-nine stories are included. An added bonus is each story has a letter from the author explaining their choice which are almost as fun to read as the stories themselves.

The top story in my list is a time travel romance between a husband and wife on their tenth anniversary, titled "Present", by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. It's humorous and horrific both and trust me, this is one premise you won't want to try at home.

Next is "Too Hot to Hoot" by Spider Robinson. It starts with hot sex and a wife nine and a half months pregnant and uses realistic details of their life to find humor, especially with the added twist of an alien.
I think I laughed hardest at "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" by Connie Willis, but then, I fancy myself a poet. An academic paper, this story explains how Emily Dickinson dealt with aliens. Don't forget to read the footnotes.

"A Delightful Comedic Premise" by Barry Malzburg tells the story of a writer seeking work in a series of letters. Several others used similar setups to produce a funny work, including "Usurper Memos" by Josepha Sherman, and "Patent Infringement" by Nancy Kress.
Nick DiCaprio's "Alien Radio" is a delightful spoof of talk radio psychologists, this one by an alien with children. Never forget the children.

In terms of stories I found delightful, "The Lemon Spaghetti-Loud Dynamite-Dribble Day" by William Tenn sent me back to the sixties, "Night of the Cooters" by Howard Waldrop, took me into western land, "The Capo of Darkness" by Laura Resnick, had me amongst mobsters, editor Mike Resnick had me giggling at his basement fairies in "Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies" and too many more to highlight.

I rate this anthology five stars because it's a collection worth every penny and it might even make you laugh.

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This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction—each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written—presents wildly hilarious stories accompanied by prefaces written by the authors providing valuable insight into their selection and themselves. Featured contributors include David Brin, Esther Friesner, Harry Turtledove, Connie Willis, and many more, with stories such as “Amanda and the Alien,” “Franz Kafka, Superhero!,” “Space Rats of the CCC,” “The Soul Selects Her Own Society,” and ”Too Hot to Hoot”.

This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever (This Is My Funniest series) (No. 2)

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Not Free SF Reader 4 out of 5 stars.
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An anthology of science fiction and fantasy humour, complete with infinite cover. Rather good, too, presuming the first is as good as this, it would also be worth reading. The editor says the first one of the publisher's best selling books, and not surprising either, given the quality.

Quite of it is very American of course, so won't translate as well for those less familiar with the joint than I am, perhaps. There's even a story that Sarah Hoyt says is not supposed to be funny, but apparently people think is.

The genesis of the Flint and Freer Rats and Bats books is also included.

A lot of stories here, so room for a wide range of work enough that some of it should make you life.

Resnick was right to make Pumilia and Wallace whack one of this in (if there are more?) as some of that was laugh out loud funny. He's also fairly dead on with his pirate queen name probabilities, too.

My Funniest 2 : The Robot Who Came to Dinner - RON GOULART
My Funniest 2 : Aliens Ate My Pickup - MERCEDES LACKEY
My Funniest 2 : Correspondence with a Breeder - JANIS IAN
My Funniest 2 : Fairy Tale - JACK DANN
My Funniest 2 : How to Write a Scientific Paper - GREGORY BENFORD
My Funniest 2 : Frog Kiss - KEVIN J. ANDERSON
My Funniest 2 : The Acid Test - KAY KENYON
My Funniest 2 : Airborne All the Way! - DAVID DRAKE
My Funniest 2 : We Three Kings - ALAN DEAN FOSTER
My Funniest 2 : Nord's Gambit - TOBIAS S. BUCKELL
My Funniest 2 : A Sword Called Rhonda - D. S. MOEN
My Funniest 2 : Rattler - GENE WOLFE AND BRIAN HOPKINS
My Funniest 2 : A Soldier's Complaint - ERIC FLINT
My Funniest 2 : He Loved Lucy - TERRY BISSON
My Funniest 2 : The Frog Prince - LINDA J. DUNN
My Funniest 2 : In Search of the Perfect 0rgasm - DEAN WESLEY SMITH
My Funniest 2 : Elvis Died for Your Sins - SARAH A. HOYT
My Funniest 2 : The Angst I Kid You Not of God - MICHAEL BISHOP
My Funniest 2 : Monster Radio - CHRIS ROBERSON
My Funniest 2 : Apecon - BARBARA DELAPLACE
My Funniest 2 : On the High Frontier - MICHAEL F. FLYNN
My Funniest 2 : The Day the Martels Got the Cable - PAT CADIGAN
My Funniest 2 : Request for Proposal - ANTHONY R. LEWIS
My Funniest 2 : Small in the Saddle - LOUISE MARLEY
My Funniest 2 : Ram Shift Phase 2 - GREG BEAR
My Funniest 2 : Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers - JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT
My Funniest 2 : The Santa Claus Planet - FRANK M. ROBINSON
My Funniest 2 : Breeding Maze - LARRY NIVEN
My Funniest 2 : A Study in Scarlet Herrings - JOE PUMILIA AND BILL WALLACE
My Funniest 2 : Catastrophe Baker and the Cold Equations - MIKE RESNICK


Dodgy chain advertising.

3 out of 5


Okies not wasted or stupid.

3.5 out of 5


Writing with a lack of humanity, over time.

4 out of 5


Jewish schtickster marries sidhe

4 out of 5


Make stuff up.

3 out of 5


Croc snack hookup.

3 out of 5


Relationships as viewed by those involved, others and aliens. A bit tedious.

2.5 out of 5


Paragobbies don't quite drop like rocks.

4 out of 5


It was a monster mash
A real double skull smash

with a triple collar, and xmas leftover turkey sandwiches.

4 out of 5


Monkeying with spacetime can still get you detention.

3.5 out of 5


Skeg chicks are still that, whatever the shape.

3.5 out of 5


If it growls like a dog, maybe you can teach it new trucks.

4 out of 5


Rats, bats, and old jokes.

3.5 out of 5


Call centre cunning linguistic programming.

3.5 out of 5


Batrachian pashfests not as much fun as being a crossdressing illusionist.

3.5 out of 5


Daikaiju diddling a blast.

4 out of 5


New Age King sermon.

3 out of 5


Political decapitation alien retreat ztunner.

3.5 out of 5


Advocacy to scare them pooless.

4 out of 5


Tarzan, mounties, no cheap beer.

3 out of 5


Mosey along before I burn you down, got space critters to deal with.

2.5 out of 5


Remote control hubby.

3 out of 5


Urban nuclear redevelopment.

4 out of 5


Mini-cowboy faerie milking.

4 out of 5


Robot review parody.

3.5 out of 5


Mr. Ed, then daylight.

2.5 out of 5


You better bet your life.

4 out of 5


The Joker gets hunted.

3.5 out of 5


Psychic detectives accented, not italicised.

4 out of 5


Zenobia its going to be warm enough around here.

4 out of 5

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This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction—each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written—presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, “Tapestries,” “Rattler,” “The Robot Who Came to Dinner,” and “The Acid Test.”

Birthright: The Book of Man

Mike Resnick

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The most underated and under published sci-fi book ever. 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I'm not sure why this book was out of print for so long. I hoarded copies of it, loaning it out to only my most trusted friends for years. It is certainly a book up there with Greg Bear's Eon, Frank Herbert's Jesus Incident and Dune and the Foundation series.

If you're a fan of sci-fi, Galactic strategy games or scathing social commentary, you will completely enjoy Birthright.

You HAVE to read it. It's about you. I promise. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Do you belong to the race of man? Then this book is about you. Resnick has brought all five billion of us along on this magnificent journey. You will feel joy and grief, burning shame and blazing pride. Birthright shows humanity's potential- for good, for evil, and for humanity. This book is very personal- for everyone.

Very different 3 out of 5 stars.
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The other reviewers have done a good job of explaining why they think this is a good book and I'm not going to disagree with them. The primary reason I'm writing this review is because I don't think the other reviewers have given a completely accurate view of the book. I've just finished the book and have very mixed feelings about it which I don't think the other reviewers give justice.

My first and biggest argument with the book is that it is completely based on the mankind-exploits-everything viewpoint. A quick look at our collective history does not disagree with that viewpoint, but a more detailed look at history does. Mankind has been evolving as a social critter at a fantastic rate for the last 600 years or so. Things that came naturally in the Dark and Middle Ages in Europe such as witch-burning and stoning people to death are now viewed with total revulsion. Cynics (pragmatists?) will argue that these barbaric methods of repression have been replaced by more effective forms of repression. I'd like to think that they are not looking at the long term history of humanity.

This book, on the other hand, covers the long term very nicely , 17,000+ years of human history running from the near future to the total extermination of humanity by tens of thousands of enraged alien races. The 26 short stories that cover this era give you plenty to think about regarding the human race. Every possible human virtue and sin is in full display here as humanity strives to achieve total domination of the galaxy and then fritters away every last advantage in wanton stupidity and cruelty when we finally succeed. I'm not saying that it isn't reasonable, I'm just saying that I'd like to think that some faction of humanity would survive, that ever-adaptable humanity would find some way to avoid getting totally exterminated.

My other major problem is that the stories are only loosely linked together. We get to meet hundreds of individuals, know them briefly, and then never see them again. This is a natural result of trying to tell 26 very different stores in about 300 pages but the result feels like reading an encyclopedia by reading one paragraph of one entry per letter of the alphabet. You are left with the feeling that there is an extraordinary amount of interesting material all around you that you are never going to be allowed to see. Very frustrating for me personally.

If you feel that I'm trashing the book, please consider the fact that I gave it 3 stars. All I'm saying is that this is not a book that can or should be consumed in one sitting and don't be surprised if you have some very strong emotions when you are done.

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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.
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The Return of Santiago

Mike Resnick

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A quick read, but not a good one 2 out of 5 stars.
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The original Santiago captured my imagination when I was fifteen or sixteen, so it was with trepidation that I picked up the sequel almost two decades later. I should have stayed away. This book is a '50s pulp space opera bloated to 440 pages--it tells a ridiculous story in a very unconvincing way. The dozens of characters and worlds are little more than colorful names attached to short, repetitive descriptions. The action scenes are barely sketched and often silly (Can't find the bank's vault during a heist?--look in the closet! Can't crack the vault's lock?--stand back, the Bandit's super prosthetic arm can destroy anything!). Is it too much to expect a little verisimilitude, characters that are more than talking heads, and just a little world-building from a science fiction novel subtitled "A Myth of the Far Future?" Maybe, but readers deserve better. There's too much complex, interesting, and exciting SF being written to settle for blank, simple, silly stories like this, even from Mike Resnick.

Editorial Review:

They say his father was a comet and his mother a cosmic wind, that he juggled planets as if they were feathers and wrestled with black holes just to work up an appetite. They say he never slept, that his eyes burned brighter than a nova, that his shout could level mountains. That he killed a thousand men, and saved a hundred worlds.

They called him Santiago.

Bandit, assassin, rebel, thief, he strode across the galactic rim, blazing a legend as rich and wild as the Inner Frontier itself. Then, at the height of his glory, he vanished, leaving behind a trail as elusive as starlight in the empty realms of space.

Now, a century later, the name of Santiago is once again whispered along the Galactic Rim ...