Callahan's Secret - Softcover

Robinson, Spider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425090825 ISBN 13: 9780425090824

Publisher: Berkley, 1986

Synopsis

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 drowning their sorrows. Everyone, that is, but Mickey Finn, a seven-foot tall alien in danger of enslavement at the hands of a traveller from across the galaxy...

Come inside, pull up a chair, order a drink, make a toast, and let Spider Robinson introduce you to the most unique patrons to frequent any establishment, at a bar where the most important law is "shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased." And if there's time left at the end of the night, just maybe they'll save the world...

About this title

About the Author

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.

Review

"If I didn't think it understated the achievement, I'd nominate Spider Robinson...as the new Robert Heinlein!" --The New York Times

"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable" --Publishers Weekly

"Spider Robinson is the Tom Robbins of the 21st Century." --John Varley

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0425090825
• ISBN 13: 9780425090824
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172