Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick, celý menom Michael Diamond Resnick (* 5. marec 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA † 9. január 2020) bol americký spisovateľ science fiction a šéfredaktor časopisu Jim Baen's Universe.

Životopis 
Ako rodák z Chicaga navštevoval University of Chicago v rokoch 1959 až 1961. Tu spoznal aj svoju budúcu manželku Carol L. Cain s ktorou sa vzali v roku 1961. 

V období šesťdesiatych a sedemdesiatych rokoch napísal viac ako 200 "dospeláckych" románov (pod rôznymy pseudonym)ami, vydával sedem bulvárnych novín a tri pánske časopisy. Viac ako jednu dekádu písal raz za týždeň stĺpček o jazdectve a jedenásť rokov prispieval mesačne stĺpčekom o čistokrvných kóliách, ktoré spoločne so ženou chovali a vystavovali na rôznych súťažiach. Jeho manželka Carol je tiež spisovateľkou, tak ako aj ich dcéra Laura, ktorá vyhrala cenu Johna W.Campbella pre najlepšieho nováčika v science fiction v roku 1993.

Romány
 The Goddess of Ganymede (1967)
 Pursuit on Ganymede (1968)
 Redbeard (1969)
 Battlestar Galactica #5: Galactica Discovers Earth (with Glen Larson) (1980)
 The Soul Eater (1981)
 Birthright The Book of Man (1982)
 Walpurgis III (1982)
 Sideshow (1982)
 The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer (1983)
 The Wild Alien Tamer (1983)
 The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy (1983)
 The Branch (1984)
 Eros Ascending (1984)
 Eros at Zenith (1984)
 Eros Descending (1985)
 Adventures (1985)
 Eros at Nadir (1986)
 Santiago: Mýtus z Daleké Budoucnosti (Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future) (1986)
 Stalking the Unicorn (1987)
 The Dark Lady (1987)
 Ivory (1988)
 Paradise (1989)
 Second Contact (1990)
 The Red Tape War (with Jack L. Chalker & George Alec Effinger) (1991)
 Věštkyne (Soothsayer) (1991)
 Orákulum (Oracle) (1992)
 Lucifer Jones (1992)
 Purgatory (1992)
 Exploits (1993)
 Prorok (Prophet) (1993)
 Inferno (1993)
 A Miracle of Rare Design (1994)
 Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (1994)
 Encounters (1994)
 Dog in the Manger (mystery) (1995)
 The Widowmaker (1996)
 The Widowmaker Reborn (1997)
 The Widowmaker Unleashed (1998)
 Kirinyaga (1998)
 A Hunger in the Soul (1998)
 The Outpost (2001)
 Návrat Santiaga (The Return of Santiago) (2003)
 Lara Croft: The Amulet of Power (2003)
 Lady With an Alien (2005)
 A Gathering of Widowmakers (2005)
 Dragon America (2005)
 Starship: Mutiny (2005)
 A Club in Montmartre (2006)
 Starship: Pirate (2006)
 World Behind the Door (2007)
 Starship: Mercenary (2007)
 Stalking the Vampire (2008)
 Kilimanjaro (2008)
 Starship: Rebel (2008)
 Hazards (2009)
 Stalking the Dragon (2009)
 Shaka II (2009)
 Starship: Flagship (2009)
 The Buntline Special (2010)
 The Gods of Sagittarius (with Eric Flint) (2012)
 The Cassandra Project (with Jack McDevitt) (2012)
 The Doctor and the Kid (2011)

Zbierky
 Unauthorized Autobiographies (1984)
 Through Darkest Resnick With Gun and Camera (1990)
 Stalking the Wild Resnick (1991)
 Pink Elephants and Hairy Toads (1991)
 The Alien Heart (1991)
 Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun? (1992)
 A Safari of the Mind (1995)
 Solo Flights Through Shared Worlds (1996)
 An Alien Land (1998)
 Magic Feathers: The Mike and Nick Show (with Nick DiChario) (2000)
 In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh
 Hunting the Snark and Other Stories (2002)
 With a Little Help From My Friends (2002)
 New Dreams for Old (2006)
 The Other Teddy Roosevelts (2008)
 Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks (2009)
 Blasphemy (2010)
 Masters of the Galaxy (2011)

Antológie

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Referencie

Iné projekty

Externé odkazy 
 Oficiálna stránka
All of Mike Resnick's audio interviews on the podcast The Future And You (in which he describes his expectations of the future)
Bibliography 
Mike Resnick Papers at the University of South Florida
 Interview
 Interview by Michael A. Ventrella, July 2009
FantasyLiterature.com interviews Mike Resnick'
Mike Resnick Posts'

Zdroj 

Spisovatelia USA
Spisovatelia science-fiction
Nositelia ceny Hugo
Osobnosti zo Chicaga