Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson
Greg McKinnon

Spider Robinson, winner of three Hugos and a Nebula, was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, and has been a Canadian resident for 30 years. Holder of a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York, he worked as a folksinger and journalist before publishing his first story in Analog in 1973. He now lives with his wife Jeanne Robinson (co-author of the Hugo- and Nebula-winning Stardance trilogy) on an island outside Vancouver, B.C., where they raise and exhibit hopes.

Eleven of his 31 books are set in Callahan's Place, a fabulous tavern founded by a time traveler, where puns flow as freely as beer, and smell far worse. The most recent is Callahan's Con [Tor July 2003]. He has contributed a regular editorial column, "Future Tense," to Canada's national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, since 1995. In 2000, he released Belaboring the Obvious, a CD of original music with the legendary Amos Garrett ("Midnight at the Oasis") on lead guitar, and in 2001 he was a celebrity judge at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.


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Variable Star

Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
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A never-before-published masterpiece from science fiction’s greatest writer, rediscovered after more than half a century. When Joel Johnston first met Jinny...


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Callahan's Con
Callahan's Con
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Spider Robinson
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The discreet little bar that Jake Stonebender established a few blocks below Duval Street was named simply The Place. There, Fast Eddie Costigan learned to...


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Callahan's Secret
Callahan's Secret
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Spider Robinson
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Callahan's Place is open for business, and all of the "regulars" are here--a talking dog, an alcoholic vampire, and two telepaths--enhancing their joys by...


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Time Travellers Strictly Cash
Time Travellers Strictly Cash
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Spdier Robinson
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Human or otherwise, regardless of race, creed or dimension of origin, if you're looking for a good time in a place where the beer is always flowing, and the...


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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
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Spider Robinson
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Callahan's Place is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and...


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The Callahan Chronicals
The Callahan Chronicals
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Omnibus
Spider Robinson
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but: time travelers, talking dogs, alcoholic...


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Callahan's Legacy
Callahan's Legacy
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Spider Robinson
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For years, Callahan's was the place where friends met to have a few drinks, tell a few jokes, and occasionally save the world. Until that unfortunate incident...


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