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Birthright Series

33 primary works • 43 total works
The universe where many of Resnick's SF novels are set.

Book 1

The Soul Eater
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3.58 · 273 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1981 · 15 editions
Signed by the author.

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    Book 2

    Birthright: The Book of Man
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    3.98     · 491 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 1982 · 21 editions
    An epic novel of human expansion across the stars.…

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    Book 3

    Walpurgis III
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    3.61     · 157 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1982 · 16 editions
    Chief Detective John Sable is caught between his b…

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    Book 4

    Sideshow
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    3.62     · 160 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1982 · 9 editions
    Traveling carnival owner Thaddeus Flint swindles t…

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    Book 5

    The Three Legged Hootch Dancer
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    3.50     · 102 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1983 · 7 editions
    Thaddeus Flint must find a way to make his carniva…

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    Book 6

    The Wild Alien Tamer
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    3.70     · 83 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1983 · 8 editions
    After Jupiter Monk's animals die, he looks for str…

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    Book 7

    The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy
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    3.84     · 76 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1983 · 7 editions
    The 4th and final volume of the Tales of the Galac…

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    Book 8

    Eros Ascending
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    3.49     · 159 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1984 · 13 editions
    SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Signature …

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    Book 9

    Eros at Zenith
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    3.69     · 83 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1984 · 10 editions
    Book by Resnick, Mike

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    Book 10

    Eros Descending
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    3.71     · 73 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1985 · 7 editions
    Thomas Gold, crusading leader of a fanatical relig…

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    Book 11

    Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future
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    4.07     · 1848 Ratings · 171 Reviews · published 1986 · 33 editions
    Sebastian Nightingale Cain: Bounty hunter. You can…

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    Book 12

    Eros at Nadir
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    3.75     · 63 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1986 · 8 editions
    Book Four of the Velvet Comet--the enormous, exclu…

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    Book 13

    The Dark Lady: A Romance of the Far Future
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    3.89     · 424 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1987 · 17 editions
    Alien art historian Leonardo risks his life to unr…

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    Book 14

    Ivory
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    4.03     · 572 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 1988 · 29 editions
    In the year 6303, when earth is bare of anything l…

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    Book 15

    Paradise
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    3.94     · 314 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1989 · 21 editions
    Peponi, a distant world rich in wildlife and popul…

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    Book 16

    Soothsayer
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    3.90     · 615 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 1991 · 19 editions
    Mouse, a hard-bitten, cynical woman and profession…

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    Book 17

    Oracle
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    3.80     · 368 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1992 · 14 editions
    Since she was a little girl, all humanity has been…

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    Book 18

    Purgatory
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    3.94     · 189 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1992 · 14 editions
    As the first shiploads of men arrive on the planet…

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    Book 19

    Prophet
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    3.96     · 331 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1993 · 17 editions
    This is the final volume of a trilogy which starte…

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    Book 20

    Inferno
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    3.92     · 167 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1993 · 11 editions
    The story of the planet Faligor, which has much in…

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    Book 21

    A Miracle of Rare Design
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    3.86     · 270 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1994 · 14 editions
    Visiting the planet Medina to satiate his fascinat…

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    Book 22

    The Widowmaker
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    3.67     · 657 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1996 · 15 editions
    One of the major voices in science fiction, Mike R…

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    Book 23

    The Widowmaker Reborn
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    3.85     · 419 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1997 · 13 editions
    Jefferson Nighthawk, once the galaxy's most feared…

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    Book 24

    A Hunger in the Soul
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    3.57     · 65 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 editions
    Adventurer Robert Markham is determined to find Dr…

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    Book 25

    The Widowmaker Unleashed
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    3.87     · 363 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1998 · 11 editions
    He was the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy…

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    Book 26

    The Outpost
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    3.47     · 210 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2001 · 10 editions
    Award-winning writer Mike Resnick takes us back to…

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    Book 27

    The Return of Santiago
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    3.73     · 471 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2003 · 17 editions
    They say his father was a comet and his mother a c…

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    Book 28

    Starship: Mutiny
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    3.60     · 2098 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 2005 · 16 editions
    The starship Theodore Roosevelt is fighting on the…

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    Book 29

    A Gathering of Widowmakers
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    3.96     · 251 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2005 · 9 editions
    There is only one thing that Jefferson Nighthawk, …

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    Book 30

    Starship: Pirate
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    3.66     · 1483 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2005 · 16 editions
    The date is 1967 of the Galactic Era, almost three…

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    Book 31

    Starship: Mercenary
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    3.67     · 1122 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2007 · 17 editions
    The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three…

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    Book 32

    Starship: Rebel
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    3.70     · 977 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 2008 · 18 editions
    The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three…

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    Book 33

    Starship: Flagship
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    3.61     · 849 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 2009 · 15 editions
    The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three…

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    Book 4-7

    Tales of the Galactic Midway
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    3.95     · 22 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2000 · 3 editions
    Out of print for several years, Farthest Star SF h…

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    Book 8-10,12

    Tales of the Velvet Comet
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    3.81     · 36 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions
    Mike Resnick's THE VELVET COMET is the most luxuri…

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    Book 11,27

    Legends of Santiago
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    4.06     · 51 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
    BANDIT, OUTLAW, KNOWN TO ALL, SEEN BY NONE, HAS HE…

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    Book 15,18,20

    Mike Resnick's The Galactic Comedy
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    4.11     · 18 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
    Ask Hugo and Nebula-winning science fiction writer…

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    Book 22-23,25

    Widowmakers
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    3.98     · 65 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
    The Widowmaker - He was the consummate killing mac…

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    Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
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    4.09     · 1951 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 1994 · 17 editions
    Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most ce…

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    The 43 Antarean Dynasties
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    3.87     · 45 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1997 · 2 editions
    Now that Man has arrived, how much can an ancient …

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    Hunting the Snark
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    3.80     · 15 Ratings · published 1999 · 1 edition
    Lewis Carroll's poem comes to life on a far away w…

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    Robots Don't Cry
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    4.08     · 38 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition

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    Cobbling Together a Solution
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2004 · 1 edition

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