Thu 9 Jan 2020
Death Noted: Mike Resnick (1942-2020)
Posted by Steve under Authors , Bibliographies, Lists & Checklists , Obituaries / Deaths Noted[3] Comments
Mike Resnick, who died yesterday or early today, was primarily known as a science fiction and fantasy author, editor and publisher, accumulating many significant awards over the years, but he wrote in many other categories as well, including mystery fiction.
Here is his entry in the Revised Crime Fiction IV, by Allen J. Hubin:
RESNICK, MIKE [i.e., Michael Diamond Resnick] (1942-2019)
Eros at Zenith (n.) Phantasia 1984 [Future]
Santiago (n.) Tor 1986 [Future]
Stalking the Unicorn (n.) Tor 1987
Neutral Ground (ss) The Further Adventures of Batman, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1989 [Batman]
Origins (ss) Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1990 [Dick Tracy]
Second Contact (n.) Easton 1990 [2065]
Museum Piece (ss) The Further Adventures of the Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1990 [Batman]
Dog in the Manger (n.) Alexander 1995 [Cincinnati, OH]
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit [ed. with Martin H. Greenberg] (oa) DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]
The Adventure of the Pearly Gates (ss) Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1995 [Sherlock Holmes]
-The Widowmaker (n.) Bantam 1996 [Future; Jefferson Nighthawk (The Widowmaker)]
Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip (Vamberry the Wine Merchant) (ascribed to J. Thorne Smith) (ss) Resurrected Holmes, ed. Marvin Kaye, St. Martin’s 1996 [Sherlock Holmes]
-The Widowmaker Reborn (n.) Bantam 1997 [Future; Jefferson Nighthawk (The Widowmaker)]
-The Widowmaker Unleashed (n.) Bantam 1998 [Future; Jefferson Nighthawk (The Widowmaker)]
The dash indicates perhaps only marginal criminous content, but for completeness, there was one additional Widowmaker story:
4. A Gathering Of Widowmakers (2006)
From the Fantastic Fiction website:
“The Widowmaker, the consummate bounty hunter-has been frozen for a century in order to defeat a deadly disease. Only now the cost of his care has risen, so the Widowmaker is called out of retirement for one special commission…”
And two additional private eye Eli Paxton mysteries:
1. Dog in the Manger (1997)
2. The Trojan Colt (2013)
3. Cat on a Cold Tin Roof (2014)
The following may qualify as criminous in nature:
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
1. The Amulet of Power (2003)
Anthologies he edited of possible interest to mystery readers include:
Whatdunits (1992)
More Whatdunits (1993)
Alternate Outlaws (1994)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Down These Dark Spaceways (2005)
Alien Crimes (2007)
If you’re more familiar with Resnick’s many other novels, anthologies and collections than I, and know of others that qualify as crime or mystery fiction, please tell us about them in the comments.
January 10th, 2020 at 7:49 am
Mike Resnick was the Pulpfest GOH in 2012. I remember his speech as being one of the better ones.
January 10th, 2020 at 12:24 pm
Resnick came along too late to ever have written for the pulps. but I suspect he grew up reading them. His first few books, especially his Ganymede series, were solidly in the Edgar Rice Burroughs tradition.
1. The Goddess of Ganymede (1968)
2. Pursuit on Ganymede (1968)
January 10th, 2020 at 9:41 pm
I was sorry to read about this, even sorrier to learn he suffered a long illness before his death.