With a Little More Help from My Friends

by Mike Resnick

There are nine rockets on this cover and, you know, that's not nearly enough. Every writer in this book is a rocket in science fiction circles. Some very well known, plying established routes regularly between stars. Others, soon to achieve orbit. But all having talent recognized by Mike Resnick, who has won several (and is often nominated for more) of another kind of rocket, the Hugo award for best science fiction story. Put Mr. Resnick together with other talented writers and wonderful things happen. In this book are twenty-one such flights blasting marvelously beyond warp speed, through hyperspace barriers, and ... well, now you know why there are so many rockets on the cover. SO open this book, you are in for a starfleet of treats!

Genres: Anthologies

354 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2012

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 collection of twenty-five short stories that Mike Resnick wrote in collaboration with twenty-five other writers, like Harlan Ellison's book PARTNERS IN WONDER many years ago. None of the collaborative partners are as well known as Resnick. There are a few stories that show their theme-anthology written-to-order roots, but it's a very good collection overall. It's interesting to try to catch Resnick's "voice" in stories that vary wildly in style. The best is probably "Bibi," written with Susan M. Shwartz. His daughter, Laura Resnick, contributes as amusing introduction, and each story has an introduction from Resnick explaining the collaborative details.