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Spider Robinson's Books
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Very Hard ChoicesAfter the shattering death of his beloved wife, aging baby-boomer Russell Walker had wanted only to hide from the world in the woods of British...Read More -
The Lifehouse TrilogyThree novels complete in one volume: Mindkiller: Wireheads, addicted to an electric current fed into the pleasure centers of the brain, are the new...Read More
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Very Bad DeathsAging baby-boomer Russell Walker wants only to retreat from the world and the shattering death of his beloved wife, into the woods of British Columbia....Read More
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For Us, The LivingFrom Grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein comes a long-lost first novel, written in 1939 and never before published, introducing ideas and themes that would...Read More
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Authors on the Web
PRWeb, May 1, 2012
...run one of the internet’s most successful publishing houses. Their USP? Well, time is of the essence… Spider Robinson’s famous phrase, “Librarians are the secret masters of the world” certainly rings true for Roland Lomeli and Scott La Counte....
Globe and Mail, March 26, 2012
...with his intricate, compelling historical fantasies. Even my own province, British Columbia, can boast some impressive contributions, with Spider Robinson regularly adding new works to his superlative comic series chronicling the adventures of the...
CHUD, January 4, 2012
...at Callahan’s Crosstime Salon ruined every bar experience I’ve had in my adult life. Not even Spider Robinson (he of man-god status) could so expertly transport me to such a foreign yet familiar place. One of my first clear gameplay memories is of...
Wyoming Public Radio, November 24, 2011
...Through a friend, I had found first a chat room and then a Usenet newsgroup for fans of Spider Robinson's Callahan's Place books; these digital forums were havens for role-players who longed to visit that Long Island pub where aliens, telepaths, and time...
WNYC, November 23, 2011
...Through a friend, I had found first a chat room and then a Usenet newsgroup for fans of Spider Robinson's Callahan's Place books; these digital forums were havens for role-players who longed to visit that Long Island pub where aliens, telepaths, and time...
Associated Content, November 22, 2011
...of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas and the 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture 1948 Spider Robinson , science fiction author 1955 Clem Burke , American drummer (Blondie) 1957 Denise Crosby , American actress who played on Star Trek:...
Mania, October 1, 2011
...swapping tales in a last resort dive bar on the edge of known universe. Think of it as Spider Robinson's CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON in deep space. There's a hell of a lot more action than in Robinson (and a lot less bad puns) but the same...
Time, February 2, 2012
...being who is “lower” than them in a social setting. “Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased”. Spider Robinson. never get involved in a land war in asia “When in doubt, throw it out.” – because food poisoning sucks. You can’t...
Elizabeth Willse: Writer For Hire, September 25, 2011
...to be read, I tried to keep my own book taking to a minimum. The Callahan Chronicals - Spider Robinson. This will be my third copy of the book. But I always lend it to people, and I think it’s out of print again. So, useful! Instant Reflexology...
ScienceFiction.com, September 20, 2011
...public. Since 2003, the following authors have received this award: Connie Willis, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Ben Bova, Spider Robinson, Elizabeth Moon, Anne McCaffrey, Greg Bear, Jack Williamson, Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, Arthur C. Clarke, Michael...
SFFaudio, September 11, 2011
...Sponsored Conversation with Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki and Ben Bova Audible.com to sell 2 DRM-FREE titles Spider Robinson is Audible’s latest Sci-fi Guest Editor Robert J. Sawyer @ audible.com Audible.com is publishing some excellent science...
Wastepaper Prose, August 9, 2011
...Holly Black, Lisa Kleypas, Eloisa James and about a hundred others!" - Alyxandra Harvey, author of Haunting Violet."Spider Robinson, Neal Stephenson, or Scott Westerfeld. The way these authors' minds work is dizzying and fascinating and I'd want in." -...
Elizabeth Willse: Writer For Hire, August 4, 2011
...the books I love to reread and loan out to people: The Ender Wiggin books, The Westing Game, Spider Robinson’s Callahan series. And some, where browsing is more fun than reading. Hoop Roots , by John Edgar Wideman, which I got from the library, but...
Biology in Science Fiction, August 4, 2011
...I've come to appreciate fiction that explores gender roles and feminist issues.The Callahan's Series, by Spider Robinson (1977-2003). Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is full of bad puns and silly situations and wouldn't win any literary awards. But Robinson...
