A Safari of the Mind

by Mike Resnick

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! Includes many of Mike Resnick's infamous funny short stories. Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Contents:
Introduction (A Safari of the Mind) (1999) • essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge [Birthright Universe] (1994) / novella by Mike Resnick
The Gefilte Fish Girl (1997) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Lady in Waiting (1992) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Stanley, the Eighteen-Percenter (1994) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Slice of Life (1989) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
A Limerick History of Science Fiction (1996) • poem by Mike Resnick
A Little Knowledge [Kirinyaga • 8] (1994) / novelette by Mike Resnick
Inquiry Into the Auction of the United States of America (1988) / shortfiction by Mike Resnick
Costigan's Wager (1989) / shortfiction by Mike Resnick
My Girl (1994) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Darker Than You Wrote (1996) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
The Roosevelt Dispatches [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
The Kemosabee (1994) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Interview with the Almighty (1999) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
The 43 Antarean Dynasties [Birthright Universe] (1997) / shortstory by Mike Resnick
Roots... and a Few Vines: My Life in Science Fiction (1994) • essay by Mike Resnick

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196 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 1999

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good, representative collection of Resnick's short fiction, with an introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. It includes some of his trademark humorous short work (The Kemosabee is one of my favorites), a Roosevelt story (the Martians declare war, but all's Wells that ends Wells), some African-themed pieces, some good straight-forward sf (The 43 Antarean Dynasties is another favorite, etc., etc. Resnick is always among the best.