▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Res nick ▁wrote ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁er otic ▁adult ▁nov els ▁under ▁various ▁pseud onym s ▁and ▁edited ▁three ▁men ' s ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁seven ▁tab lo id ▁newsp apers . ▁For ▁over ▁a ▁de cade ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁week ly ▁column ▁about ▁horse ▁racing ▁and ▁a ▁month ly ▁column ▁about ▁pure bre d ▁col lies , ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁b red ▁and ▁showed . ▁His ▁wife ▁was ▁an ▁un cred ited ▁collabor ator ▁on ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁a ▁co - author ▁on ▁two ▁movie ▁scripts ▁they ▁sold , ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁nov els ▁Santiago ▁and ▁The ▁W id ow maker . ▁His ▁daughter ▁Laura ▁Res nick ▁is ▁an ▁award - win ning ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁fant asy ▁author . ▁▁ ▁Res nick ▁lived ▁in ▁C inc inn ati ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁following ▁a ▁battle ▁with ▁cancer ▁on ▁January ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁Work ▁and ▁them es ▁Two ▁notable ▁mot ifs ▁are ▁evident ▁in ▁much ▁of ▁Res nick ' s ▁science ▁fiction ▁work — his ▁love ▁of ▁f able ▁and ▁legend . ▁The ▁other ▁main ▁subject ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁is ▁Africa , ▁especially ▁Ken ya ' s ▁K ik uy u ▁people , ▁their ▁history , ▁trad itions ▁and ▁culture ▁and ▁colonial ism ▁and ▁its ▁after math . ▁He ▁visited ▁Ken ya ▁often ▁and ▁drew ▁on ▁his