<div>The Hugo Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s &ldquo;most memorable short stories . . . a tribute from those who best knew his work&mdash;his friends, fellow writers, and editors&rdquo; (SFRevu). George Alec Effinger was a true master of satirical Science Fiction. Before his death in 2002, he gained the highest esteem amongst his peers for his pitch-perfect stylistic mimicry and his great insight into the human condition. Despite a life filled with chronic illness and pain, Effinger was a prolific novelist and short story writer, earning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award nominations. LIVE! FROM PLANET EARTH represents a very special look at the many works of this unique genius. These 22 short pieces have been specifically selected and introduced by his fellow writers and editors, from Michael Bishop to Jack Dann, Mike Resnick to Neil Gaiman. Each writes about his or her memories of Effinger and his legacy. Included are &ldquo;The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything&rdquo; in which Earth is visited by benevolent aliens who happen to have annoying opinions about everything. &ldquo;Everything but Honor&rdquo; goes along as a black physicist time-travels to 1860 to murder a Civil War general. Also included here are Effinger&rsquo;s O.Niemand stories, which perfectly mimic the styles of Steinbeck, Hemingway and Twain. The results are a tour de force sure to please existing fans and make new fans of anyone who reads them. </div>

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Live! From Planet Earth

<div>Science fiction stories that offer &ldquo;a poignant glimpse into the author&rsquo;s psyche . . . this bittersweet collection [is] one to be cherished&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). When we first meet Courane, he must face down TECT, the self-aware computer that has come to control Earth and its colonial planets. Exiled to Planet D, Courane races to cure the debilitating disease that attacks each of the planet&rsquo;s residents, even as his own memory begins to fade. Unfortunately, his only source of information about the illness is TECT itself, and the computer&rsquo;s agenda doesn&rsquo;t seem to line up with Courane&rsquo;s. In the seven other stories contained in A Thousand Deaths, Courane begins to blur reality and fiction as Effinger expertly plays with narrative conventions. However, these are not simply the whims of a science fiction writer; they are the frameworks the Nebula and Hugo Award&ndash;nominated author uses to answer questions about existence no one else even thought to ask. While George Alec Effinger&rsquo;s Budayeen novel When Gravity Fails is perhaps his most famous work, his lesser-known novel The Wolves of Memory remained his favorite. In it, he introduced readers to Sandor Courane, an everyman and Effinger stand-in who struggles as he swims against the currents of fate. In life and in his multiple deaths, Sandor Courane serves as the unifying force in this collection of Effinger&rsquo;s stories, starting with The Wolves of Memory and getting ever more clever and off the wall from there.</div>

A Thousand Deaths

<div>The epic story of humanity writ large across the galaxy: &ldquo;A tour de force . . . an award caliber novel . . . a profound contribution to science fiction&rdquo; (Barry Malzberg, author of Beyond Apollo). In the twenty-fifth century, settlements are established on Mars and the inner planets, but the stars are still light-years away, just a twinkle in humanity&rsquo;s eyes. Hyperspace is a myth&mdash;until it&rsquo;s not. A young scientist devises a theory for an engine that propels a ship at faster-than-light speed&mdash;and suddenly the galaxy is there for the taking. It&rsquo;s a story that&rsquo;s been told before in the annals of human history. And here, Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author Mike Resnick has it all covered, from our first alien contact and the colonization of new planets to the exploitation of resources by miners and merchants and the politicians who pave the way. Here is humanity in all its glory, its rise and inevitable fall as power and oppression give way to defiance and anarchy. Ambitious in scope, Birthright shows that the nature of humans doesn&rsquo;t change, just the size of the playing field . . .</div>

Birthright

<div>The Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author &ldquo;has cultivated in these pages an epic history that spans millennia and the breadth of the galaxy&rdquo; (Tampa Bay Newspapers). Duncan Rojas, an employee in the research department of Wilford Braxton&rsquo;s Records of Big Game, rarely gets such a request. Bukoba Mandaka, the last descendant of the Maasai, wants his help finding a relic that has been lost for three thousand years: the tusks of the famous Kilimanjaro Elephant. In the year 6303 of the Galactic Era, all animals have become extinct. It&rsquo;s an almost impossible job, but what Bukoba is willing to pay&mdash;and Duncan&rsquo;s own curiosity&mdash;prove irresistible. As Duncan puts all the technology at his disposal to the task, he begins to follow the remarkable odyssey of the ivory through cultures, time, and the universe&mdash;from being used as a pawn in a power play by unethical scientists to propping up a brutal warlord, from being worshipped as a symbol of immortality by an alien race to being turned into a matter of national pride by an opportunistic politician. But to Duncan, the even bigger mystery&mdash;and one that he must solve&mdash;is why Bukoba is willing to put his own future on the line for something so irretrievably lost to the past . . . &ldquo;Resnick&rsquo;s fluent writing and respect for African cultures and wildlife make for some smoothly ironic glimpses of people who imagined they &lsquo;owned&rsquo; the ivory.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Marvelously satisfying science fiction . . . don&rsquo;t miss.&rdquo; &mdash;Analog &ldquo;Resnick is an excellent storyteller . . . Ivory is a winner.&rdquo; &mdash;The Cincinnati Post</div>

Ivory

<div>First in the series following the exploits of the most dangerous man in the galaxy&mdash;and his clone&mdash;from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author. On Deluros VIII, the capital of mankind&rsquo;s sprawling Oligarchy, the most famous killer in the galaxy has rested in DeepSleep for over one hundred years, hoping for a cure for the disease that plagues him. But now it&rsquo;s time to wake him up. The governor of Solio II has been assassinated&mdash;and the hunt for his murderer is on. Who better for the job than bounty hunter Jefferson Nighthawk, a.k.a. the Widowmaker? No cure has yet been discovered, but Nighthawk can still be of use to the government&mdash;as a clone. After being force-fed the equivalent of decades of living in little more than a month, this version of Nighthawk is set loose on the galaxy,aimed straight at his target. His handlers are counting on Nighthawk&rsquo;s bloodthirsty nature to guide him&mdash;and his inexperience to keep him from seeing the trap he faces. But unlike the original Nighthawk, who chose to kill, this one has a conscience. One that will cause the government&rsquo;s brilliant plan to backfire when his deadly instincts are unleashed on those who truly deserve his rage . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game </div>

The Widowmaker

<div>The multiple Hugo Award-winning author resurrects the consummate bounty hunter in this action-packed novel of interstellar adventure. On Deluros VIII, Jefferson Nighthawk rests in DeepSleep until a cure is found for the disease that dooms him. At least, that would be the case if he wasn&rsquo;t the Widowmaker, the most remarkable killing machine in the galaxy. There are those who will pay whatever it takes to hire a man with his talents. Or should we say clone . . . This isn&rsquo;t the first time Nighthawk has been duplicated, but lessons have been learned. His previous clone was physically perfect but emotionally immature. This second clone is at the peak of his powers, imprinted with all of the memories of his sixty-one-year-old host. His new job: to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a powerful politician and kill her revolutionary captor. With a handpicked team of an empath, an alien dragon, and his trainer, Kinoshita, Nighthawk sets out for the Frontier. But then he learns the truth about the kidnapping&mdash;and the man who&rsquo;s paying him. Now the future Nighthawk has dreamed of will only be possible if he can get out of his present situation alive . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game</div>

The Widowmaker Reborn

<div>A bounty hunter has a legacy that he&mdash;and his clones&mdash;can&rsquo;t escape in this explosive science fiction adventure from the Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author. After more than a century in deep freeze, Jefferson Nighthawk is waking up from his sleep, finally cured of the disease that almost killed him. Now sixty-two years old, he&rsquo;s ready for a new kind of life, one of peace and quiet. The former bounty hunter has made enough widows, not to mention clones, one of whom still roams the galaxy . . . With his loyal trainer, Ito Kinoshita, by his side, Nighthawk looks for a place to settle down, to grow some flowers, and maybe even find a wife. What he isn&rsquo;t expecting is to be hounded to the ends of the universe by the enemies his two clones have made and by bloodthirsty men out to make a reputation for themselves. Nighthawk and Kinoshita try to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, but when that doesn&rsquo;t work, Nighthawk&rsquo;s instincts take over&mdash;and the killing begins. There&rsquo;s only one way to escape being the Widowmaker&mdash;and Nighthawk is just about desperate enough to try it . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick. Best of all, when the story&rsquo;s over, you find that he&rsquo;s left something in your memory for you to draw on again and again: a clearer understanding of how nobility emerges from the struggles of life.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game</div>

The Widowmaker Unleashed

<div>When every version of the most lethal bounty hunter in the universe comes out to play, you get three times the action from the Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author. He may be retired from the bounty hunting game, but Jefferson Nighthawk is still one of the three most dangerous men alive. The other two? His clones. Trained by Nighthawk himself, Jeff can take down men no one else can. His one flaw is his mind. Jeff can only see in black and white, which leads to him killing an innocent man&mdash;and shooting another version of himself. That would be Jason Newman, the second clone, the one who gave Nighthawk the peaceful future he&rsquo;s now enjoying. He may have a new face and a new name, but he&rsquo;s Nighthawk through and through, with the brains and humanity to match. Which is how he winds up on the wrong end of Jeff&rsquo;s burner. Now, Jason&rsquo;s in the hospital waiting for his organs to regenerate. To teach the impulsive Jeff a lesson, Nighthawk lures him to a lawless planet where the galaxy&rsquo;s most wanted are there for the taking. And where Jeff will learn how to match wits with both of the killers who came before him . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game</div>

A Gathering of Widowmakers

<div>When you&rsquo;re the most wanted man alive, your legend never dies. An adventure of interplanetary law and disorder from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author. Santiago is a legend, known far and wide across the galaxy as the greatest killer and thief alive. He&rsquo;s the subject of songs, the faceless wanted poster on the wall, the bogeyman that parents name to scare their children into behaving. And he&rsquo;s the target of every bounty hunter in the universe. Sebastian Nightingale Cain has quite the reputation himself. Known as the Songbird, he&rsquo;s a former revolutionary who has killed hundreds of criminals for the right price. But one has always eluded him: Santiago. Now, Cain has gotten a lead on the elusive outlaw, and it&rsquo;s too hard to resist. In a race against a rival bounty hunter, Cain&rsquo;s quest will take him to the far-flung Frontier planets, where he&rsquo;ll encounter aliens and evangelists, journalists and cyborgs&mdash;all of whom have a stake in finding or protecting Santiago. But unraveling the threads of Santiago&rsquo;s life might get Cain tangled up in something far bigger than he ever imagined . . . &ldquo;This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime, never-to-be-duplicated stories that ensnare you in such a wondrous universe that you never, ever want to leave. It will spawn a half dozen sequels and two dozen or more imitators that will feed on our enrapture . . . but there will be only one Santiago.&rdquo; &mdash;The Evening Sun</div>

Santiago

<div>There&rsquo;s a new bard in the galaxy&mdash;and he&rsquo;s looking for a hero. The Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author returns to the frontier that spawned a legend. Danny Briggs is a simple yet conflicted thief. To successfully ply his trade, Briggs can&rsquo;t draw attention to himself, but he longs to do something worth remembering. Luck is on his side when he hits the mother lode: discovering the original manuscript of the balladeer who wandered the spaceways a century ago, recording the adventures of larger-than-life heroes, villains, and misfits&mdash;including Santiago. Briggs doesn&rsquo;t want to sell the manuscript, he wants to add to it. All he needs is his century&rsquo;s version of Santiago, a man who may be on the wrong side of the law, but the right side of justice. To find this protagonist, Briggs partners up with Santiago&rsquo;s last descendant, a dancer named Waltzin&rsquo; Matilda. They comb through the universe&rsquo;s good, bad, and ugly looking for a new folk hero to inspire the masses. It&rsquo;s not easy, but Briggs is willing to pay the price&mdash;even though there&rsquo;s one on his head. &ldquo;Pecos Bill and Wild Bill Hickok would feel right at home with such characters as Tyrannosaur Bailey and the One-Armed Bandit. Seekers of space-age sagebrush need look no farther.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

The Return of Santiago

<div>In one volume: the first two books featuring bounty hunter extraordinaire Jefferson Nighthawk, from the multiple Hugo Award-winning author. When one man known for his killing skills is cloned, the galaxy&rsquo;s bad guys are put on high alert, in this series from the author praised as &ldquo;thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand&rdquo; by the Los Angeles Times. The Widowmaker The governor of Solio II has been assassinated&mdash;and the hunt for his killer is on. No one is better for the job than bounty hunter Jefferson Nighthawk, a.k.a. the Widowmaker. It doesn&rsquo;t even matter that he&rsquo;s been cryogenically frozen for more than a century. His clone can handle the mission&mdash;or can he? The Widowmaker Reborn This isn&rsquo;t the first time Nighthawk has been duplicated, but lessons have been learned. Cloned at the peak of his physical and mental prowess, this version must rescue the kidnapped daughter of a powerful politician and kill her revolutionary captor. But first there is some unfinished business to take care of . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick. Best of all, when the story&rsquo;s over, you find that he&rsquo;s left something in your memory for you to draw on again and again: a clearer understanding of how nobility emerges from the struggles of life.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game</div>

The Widowmaker Series Volume One

<div>Retirement is a dangerous game for a cloned bounty hunter, in the third and fourth books in the series featuring Jefferson Nighthawk. There&rsquo;s no rest for the lethal&mdash;no matter what version&mdash;in the science fiction adventure series that proves &ldquo;nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick&rdquo; (Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game). The Widowmaker Unleashed After more than a century in deep freeze, Jefferson Nighthawk is waking up from his sleep, finally cured of the disease that almost killed him. The sixty-two-year-old wants to settle down&mdash;easier said than done when the enemies of his clones still have scores to settle . . . A Gathering of Widowmakers He may be retired from bounty hunting, but Nighthawk is still one of the three most dangerous men alive. The other two? His clones. But when the youngest one makes a nearly fatal mistake, he&rsquo;ll have to learn to match wits with both of the killers who came before him. Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times</div>

The Widowmaker Series Volume Two

<div>Now in one volume: the duology featuring the folk hero who leaves a mark on the galaxy that can never be erased&mdash;from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author. Santiago Sebastian Cain is a former revolutionary who has killed hundreds of criminals for the right price. But one has always eluded him: Santiago. Now, Cain has gotten a lead on the elusive outlaw, and it&rsquo;s too hard to resist. But unraveling the threads of Santiago&rsquo;s life might get him tangled up in something far bigger than he ever imagined . . . &ldquo;This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime, never-to-be-duplicated stories that ensnare you in such a wondrous universe that you never, ever want to leave. It will spawn a half-dozen sequels and two dozen or more imitators that will feed on our enrapture . . . but there will be only one Santiago.&rdquo; &mdash;The Baltimore Evening Sun The Return of Santiago Petty thief Danny Briggs discovers the original manuscript of the balladeer who wandered the spaceways a hundred years ago, recording the adventures of larger-than-life heroes, villains, and misfits&mdash;including Santiago. The find inspires him to write a new epic. All he needs is his century&rsquo;s version of the infamous criminal . . . Praise for Mike Resnick &ldquo;Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative . . . and above all galactically grand.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick.&rdquo; &mdash;Orson Scott Card, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Ender&rsquo;s Game</div>

The Santiago Saga

<div>A science fiction fantasy short story collection by award-winning and New York Times&ndash;bestselling authors featuring the adventures of human avatars. The development of &ldquo;Avatar&rdquo; technology&mdash;the fusion of human awareness consciousness with remote robotic bodies&mdash;offers breathtaking advances in medicine, culture, work, transportation, education and imagination. The Avatar project is designed to drive the exponential innovations needed to make General Purpose Avatars an everyday reality. The transformational potential of avatars is endless&mdash;and who better to illustrate the possibilities than some of the most insightful science fiction writers working in the field today? The collection, edited by New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and award-winning author Mike Resnick, with scientific editor Dr. Harry Kloor, one of the foremost visionaries in avatar technology, showcases the amazing possibilities of avatars. In these fourteen stories, imagine a group of remote spectators traveling remotely during a rigorous mountain climbing expedition, or a severely injured athlete able to play his favorite sport vicariously through another body, or a comatose woman using an avatar to interact with her family and the outside world even though her body is failing, or a skilled operative using an avatar on a dangerous search-and-rescue operation, or medical specialists using avatar bodies to enter hot zones that no vulnerable human can breach. These provocative journeys written by premiere science fiction authors explore the wondrous possibilities of avatar technology&mdash;and they still only scratch the surface.</div>

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