This volume collects 16 works by Mike Resnick, including "A Limerick History of Science Fiction," "Costigan s Wager," "The Roosevelt Dispatches," "Inquiry Into the Auction of the United States of America," and more! Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Opening a new fantasy trilogy from Hugo award winner Resnick, this novel offers an adventure through space and time as Eddie Raven tries to outrun the dark forces pursuing him. Eddie Raven isn't quite sure what's happening to him--and he's in a race to find out before it kills him. His adventures begin with a shooting in a very strange shop in Manhattan--but soon he finds himself the owner of a very familiar bar in Casablanca. By the time he adjusts to that reality, he's suddenly become one of several undersized people helping a young woman search for a wizard. And after confronting the wizard, he somehow finds himself in Camelot. But as he rushes to solve the mystery of his many appearances, a larger threat looms. Because someone or something is stalking him through time and space with deadly intent....
This first collection of short fiction from Resnick ( Second Contact ) features several of his most popular stories and an array of less distinguished work. Standouts include "Kirinyaga" and "For I Have Touched the Sky," two installments from Resnick's well-regarded Kirinyaga series, set on an orbital space habitat modeled on a pre-colonial African culture
After a beggar girl rescues the drunken, severely deformed French painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, he introduces her to his studio, the nightlife of Montmartre, and the cancan dancers at the Moulin Rouge club.
Hugo Award-winner Resnick returns to the bestselling world of Santiago and Soothsayer. Now a grown woman, psychic Penelope acts as Oracle on the planet Hades.es a target. But this time, the hunters are in for a surprise--for Penelope's powers have grown tremendously . . . and she's not afraid to use them.
The thrilling conclusion to the Oracle Trilogy from a Hugo Award-winner. Penelope Bailey has been feared and hunted since childhood because of her powerful psychic ability. Now grown, the woman known as Prophet is leading an insurrection . . . and her powers have matured to the extent that she can hardly be called human anymore.
The orbiting Velvet Comet is the most luxurious and expensive brothel in the galaxy. It boasts casinos, elegant restaurants, a 2-mile-long upscale shopping mall, and highly-trained prostitutes of both sexes. And it has its share of enemies, including a leading religious figure who finds himself the center of a moral conflict he never imagined possible.
The Kikuyus of Kenya emigrate en masse to a planet in space in a revolt against modern life. Ruled by a witch doctor, they pursue their tribal customs--killing unwanted babies as well as the old and the infirm--but ultimately progress begins to encroach there, too.
Borgo Cataloging Guides are written by catalogers for catalogers. These guides provide surveys of cataloging practice and science in the Library of Congress classification scheme. Each book surveys a specific subject area, with comprehensive coverage of the actual subject headings and classification numbers.
Dr. Michael Drake, a great medical researcher, chose to disappear into the jungles of the world called Bushveld. But now the human-settled Galaxy needs him to combat a new plague. Journalist-adventurer Robert Markham has determined to locate Drake and bring him back to civilization--whether he wants to come or not. Award-winning author Mike Resnick takes us on a new journey across alien landscapes in this powerful quest adventure.
This training manual synthesizes the clinical and research literature on victims, offenders, and child witnesses, and uses the empirical evidence to provide generalist clinicians with manageable, concrete guidance for providing care in these cases. Each chapter begins with a summary of the issues to be covered and an outline of the specific topics to be discussed, and ends with a recap and list of questions for practitioners in training. The authors offer expertise in forensic psychology, victimization, and substance abuse; they discuss the clinical, legal, and ethical complexities that violence against women brings to the mental health practice environment.
This book explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture.
Larger than life, they stride the untamed galaxy. Heroes and villains, spacers and bounty hunters, with legendary names like Cemetery Smith, the Forever Kid, the Iceman, the Mock Turtle. But the most dangerous, and wanted, being in the universe is a frightended little girl with the unearthly power to foresee, control, or destroy. Her name is Penelope Bailey. The furure will call her ... Soothsayer."--Page 4 of cover
Trapped beneath the ruins of an Egyptian tomb, Lara faces certain death, until fate intervenes and sets her on the trail of an ancient talisman of power.
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