The Callahan Chronicals, Spider Robinson
The Callahan Chronicals, Spider Robinson
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The Callahan Chronicals

Author: Spider Robinson

Narrator: Barrett Whitener

Unabridged: 16 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

This omnibus edition contains the trilogy of sciencefiction books that introduced the world to Mike Callahan and all of the regulars at Callahans Place. Callahans Crosstime Saloon is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. These time travelers, talking dogs, alcoholic vampires, and cybernetic aliens really, truly care about each other. Time Travelers Strictly Cash is the policy. Lay your money on the bar and after drinking, make a toast and throw the glass into the fireplace. Its an odd tradition, but one thats led to some interesting stories. Callahans Secret may be one that nobody would guess, or it may be as simple as listening to all those posttoast stories. After all, shared pain is lessened and shared joy is increaseda concept that could, after a few drinks, lead to saving the world.

About Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson
is renowned for his Callahan’s Place series of bestselling novels. With his late wife, Jeanne, he wrote the award-winning Stardance series. As an
audiobook reader of his own and others’ work, he has won the Earphones Award
and been a finalist for the Audie Awards. In 2008, he won the Robert A.
Heinlein Award for Lifetime Excellence in Literature.


Reviews

Goodreads review by M.M. Strawberry on August 17, 2022

For a second I thought the title was misspelled... then I realized it was a pun. Ha. This is a bind-up of Spider Robinson's first three Callahan's Place books. There's plenty of puns abound, and several spinoffs, including Sally's Place (which I heartily recommend) The three books in this set can be......more

Goodreads review by Oleksandr on September 16, 2019

This is a collection of short stories taking place in Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, a place where anything can (and eventually will) happen. The stories are full of puns and I guess are great for reading aloud in for a good audience. However, this play with the language makes it hard to follow for a......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 27, 2020

I needed a break from a couple of tomes I'm reading & I've been wondering how the Callahan stories aged. The first are a product of the 1960s - 70s, but that's OK with me as I am too. Even better, Callahan's is located off 25A in Suffolk county, Long Island, NY, an area I grew up in, so I get the lo......more

Goodreads review by Rob on November 30, 2015

I expected to really like this book. It's one of the few books regularly listed as a science fiction classic that I hadn't read. But, so far I really find it kind of "meh..." I'm only about half way through it, so my view may change, but I kind of doubt it. There are several things I find annoying in......more

Goodreads review by Katie on August 23, 2012

I briefly touched on my love of Spider Robinson in my ancient post about Super Secret Guilty Reading Pleasures. Spider Robinson was just one of those authors - along with David Eddings he arguably shaped why exactly I love reading for fun. I picked up Callahan's Crosstime Salon for 100% the opposite......more