Mike Resnick

I've only read a couple of his works. His big one, Santiago is being re-released and that might be why you are hearing about him. Santiago is a space-opera that was very well done - the kind you don't like to put down. I don't remember much about it (I think I read it over 10 years ago) other than the fact that the title character is sort of an anti-hero. I think he was an assassin that became a good guy. Or some such thing. You'll have to find a synopsis somewhere, I may have that all wrong. I just remember enjoying it. He also has a few modern/scifi/fantasy/mystery mixes that usually are written with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor. I read one or two of these and enjoyed them but they are mostly popcorn, short enjoyable silly stories.
 
Thanks, dwndrgn. Santiago is indeed the book I've seen on the shelves. Hmmm...why can't the distributors be this prompt with the new China Mieville or the new Ken MacLeod. :(
 
Probably majority of his works are popcorn enjoyable stories, but among them hides 'Kirinyaga' - beautiful, sad and intelligent story about Africa (like many other Resnick's stories), utopia, people's right to free choice and borders between traditional living in happy utopia and rights of people with "modern philosphy of life" to interfere...
 
Just finished the Soul Eater . This one seem to channel Melville 's Moby Dick. I have never previously read anything by him. I wish I had read him years ago.(y)
 
Jimmy said:
Probably majority of his works are popcorn enjoyable stories, but among them hides 'Kirinyaga' - beautiful, sad and intelligent story about Africa (like many other Resnick's stories), utopia, people's right to free choice and borders between traditional living in happy utopia and rights of people with "modern philosphy of life" to interfere...
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I've always loved the Kirinyaga stories.
 
I have his novel Stalking the Unicorn which sounds intriguing , It's on my to read list.:)
 
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