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I was amazed! I like Science Fiction, have read it since polishing off the entire Asimov and R.A.H. collection at Golden Elementary School in the early '50s. So it is no surprise that I fell in love with this crazy bunch of characters with their strange habits and devastating love of punnery. What amazed me was that my wife, who generally reads only real life biographies and historical novels, hates Science Fiction with a passion, and can't stand puns ... found this book sitting tubside and picked it up. Having nothing else important to do at the time, she read a paragraph or two. Three days later she was asking if R.A.H. really had a cat named Pixel, how time travel worked, who Tesla was, and if she looked OK with that ring around her butt. Now we're both hungry for more and these books are hard to find. Ride along with Jake and his pals from back in Callahan's day as they renew old acquaintances and make new friends on an adventure you'll never forget. I had never heard of Robinson until I saw someone reading "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" on a plane trip and my curiosity was piqued by the title of the 5th chapter. Now I'm just hooked.
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Callahan's Key by Spider Robinson
ropebender, May 20, 2008
I was amazed! I like Science Fiction, have read it since polishing off the entire Asimov and R.A.H. collection at Golden Elementary School in the early '50s. So it is no surprise that I fell in love with this crazy bunch of characters with their strange habits and devastating love of punnery. What amazed me was that my wife, who generally reads only real life biographies and historical novels, hates Science Fiction with a passion, and can't stand puns ... found this book sitting tubside and picked it up. Having nothing else important to do at the time, she read a paragraph or two. Three days later she was asking if R.A.H. really had a cat named Pixel, how time travel worked, who Tesla was, and if she looked OK with that ring around her butt. Now we're both hungry for more and these books are hard to find. Ride along with Jake and his pals from back in Callahan's day as they renew old acquaintances and make new friends on an adventure you'll never forget. I had never heard of Robinson until I saw someone reading "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" on a plane trip and my curiosity was piqued by the title of the 5th chapter. Now I'm just hooked.(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)