Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
From: hoey@ai.etl.army.mil (Dan Hoey)
Date: 13 Jun 90 12:19:54 GMT
Subject: Will the real Mike Resnick please...

The day after reading of the uniqueness of Mike Resnick, regardless
of disparate writing styles, I was calmly watching late night TV when
Doctor Michael Resnick appeared!  To let me know about a totally new
way to raise my libido!  After engaging in aerobic exercise, thirty
percent of women experience increased sex drive!  Over one quarter
report an improvement in their ability to climax!  Operators are
standing by have your credit card handy void where prohibited!

Is this the degenerate huckster side of the artistic prostitution side
of the potboiler side of ... ? of .... ?  Say it ain't so!

Fortunately, *I* was at Disclave 1990, the Washington Area's Premier
Science Fiction Convention, with Writer Guest of Honor Mike Resnick,
Artist Guest of Honor Dawn Wilson, Movie Mogul Guest of Honor Somtow
Sucharitkul, featuring the Discave Con Suite Fantastique, I could go
on and on, but the point is I was at Disclave so I *know* Mike Resnick
and that flack on the telly was definitely *not* *him*.  Mike Resnick
may have written some potboilers in his time, I say some of his works
may have been inspired more by his mortgage than his muse, but he is
not reduced to flogging jigglecize in the early morning hours.

Ghuo Ghratia!

Speaking of commercial announcements, though, you might be interested
in a signed and numbered limited edition of *Through Darkest RESNICK
With Gun & Camera* by Mike Resnick, published by WSFA Press, 1990,
200pp hc, dj by Todd C.  Hamilton!  You missed the convention now
get the book!  So new it's not on JWenn's list!  Featuring the
Hugo[SM]-winning story Kirinyaga!  And numerous other short works
of fact and fiction set in mysterious Africa (where numerous = 12)!
Operators ought to be standing by!  But I don't have an order form
handy!  So s^H/u^H/e^H/ m^H/e^H/ if you really want this baby you
should find a specialty bookstore or a convention or I guess if you
pester me I'll go find out how the mail order works and let you know.
Oh, and the dust jacket says it'll set you back thirty-five simoleons,
so if you're not a high-rolling fan with an appreciation for fine
editions with a price tag to match, you may rather just sulk enviously
and hope it comes out in paperback.

Dan
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[SM] means Hugo is a Service Mark (I think that's what it is) of the
World Science Fiction Society (not affiliated with Krafft-Ebing).