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Robert T. Jeschonek

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, essays, articles, comic books, and podcasts have been published around the world. His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, is due July 11, 2011 from Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A collection of his fantasy and science fiction stories, Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, was released in 2008 by PS Publishing in England. According to Mike Resnick, "(Jeschonek) sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview."

Mike Resnick

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael Diamond Resnick (born 5 March 1942), better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He is executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.A native of Chicago, Resnick attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1961 where he met his future wife, Carol. The couple were married 1961. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Resnick wrote more than 200 "adult" novels under pseudonyms, edited seven tabloid newspapers, and edited a trio of men's magazines. He also produced a weekly column on horse racing for more than a decade, and for eleven years wrote a monthly column on purebred collies, which he and his wife bred and exhibited. His wife Carol is also a writer, as is his daughter, Laura Resnick, who is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. Resnick's papers, consisting of at least 125 boxes, are in the Special Collections Library of the University of South Florida in Tampa.

50th World Science Fiction Convention

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 50th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as MagiCon, was held 3-7 September 1992 at the The Peabody Hotel and The Clarion Hotel, and the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. The chairman was Joe Siclari; Becky Thomson was vice-chairman. The Guests of Honor were Jack Vance (pro), Vincent Di Fate (artist), and Walter A. Willis (fan). The toastmaster was Spider Robinson; Mike Resnick acted as Toastmaster for the Meet-the-Pros party. Total attendance was 5,319, of 6,368 paid memberships.

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The Fortress in Orion

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Starship: Flagship

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Starship: Rebel