▁experiences ▁there . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁science ▁fiction ▁stories ▁are ▁alleg ories ▁of ▁Ken yan ▁history ▁and ▁politics ; ▁other ▁stories ▁are ▁actually ▁set ▁in ▁Africa ▁or ▁have ▁African ▁characters . ▁ ▁Res nick ' s ▁style ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁inclusion ▁of ▁humor . ▁He ▁enjoyed ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁other ▁writers , ▁especially ▁on ▁short ▁stories . ▁Through ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁he ▁had ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁ 5 2 ▁different ▁writers ▁on ▁short ▁fiction , ▁three ▁on ▁screen plays , ▁and ▁three ▁on ▁nov els . ▁Late ▁in ▁life , ▁he ▁began ▁writing ▁and ▁s elling ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁mystery ▁nov els ▁as ▁well , ▁featuring ▁detect ive ▁Eli ▁Pa xt on . ▁He ▁had ▁also ▁sold ▁screen plays ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁nov els ▁to ▁Mir am ax , ▁Cap ella , ▁and ▁Jup iter ▁ 9 , ▁and ▁often ▁had ▁multiple ▁properties ▁under ▁option ▁to ▁Hollywood ▁stud ios . ▁ ▁His ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into : ▁French , ▁Italian , ▁German , ▁Spanish , ▁Japanese , ▁Korean , ▁Bulgar ian , ▁Hung arian , ▁Heb rew , ▁Russian , ▁Lat v ian , ▁Lith uan ian , ▁Polish , ▁Czech , ▁Dutch , ▁Latin , ▁Swedish , ▁Roman ian , ▁Finn ish , ▁Portuguese , ▁Slov ak ian , ▁Chinese , ▁Catal an , ▁Dan ish , ▁ ▁Cro at ian , ▁and ▁Greek . ▁Res nick ' s ▁papers ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁Special ▁Col lections ▁Library ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁South ▁Florida ▁in ▁T ampa . ▁