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This omnibus edition collects Spider Robinson's first three books about the Long Island bar that attracts the weirdest clientele and the tallest tales in the known universe. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Time Travelers Strictly Cash, and Callahan's Secret are playful, pun-filled delights from the pen of a truly inimitable writer, winner of the Skylark and John W. Campbell awards.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Some of us at Callahan's are pretty fair empaths...., F�v 10 2004

Par	OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I love these Callahan stories. It took me a while to realize why I love them. You see, Callahan's is the current reincarnation of the legendary Inn at the Crossroads. It is a place where travelers and strangers and seekers and lost souls can tell their stories. Nothing is a surprise at Callahan's, for anything can happen there. For the price of a drink you can tell your story- and have it respectfully listened to by people who will try to help you if they can- or at least sincerely try to understand. Needless to say, this is not your modern sports bar....

Did I mention that the clientele of Callahan's are not just your ordinary Outsiders? It is not at all uncommon for time travelers, aliens, mutants, to cross the threshold. As long as you don't pull any rough stuff there, all are welcome at Callahan's.

The funny thing is, places like Callahan's do actually exist. You don't find them, or even here about them, unless you really need to find them. They are havens outside the world where good fellowship, respect, and empathy still maintain a toehold in this brave new world.

If you'll excuse me, I feel a need to hurl yet another glass into the fireplace....

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Totally fantastic, D�c 18 2003

Par	General Pete (SC) - Voir tous mes commentaires

O.k for those of you who have not read this story before let me give you the rundown. There is this fictional place on Long Island. Now this lpace is an ordinary bar like "Cheers", only its got aliens, time travlers, talking dogs and ordinary people that are just trying to cope with the stress of everyday life.

Never before have I read a serise of books that the charecters had so much life and just plian fun. This is just one of those books that makes you think to yourself, hell the author had a lot of fun writting this stuff.

The stories are arranged conologically for 15 years and with rare exception the stories get better the further along you go very interesting sight to see.

Overall-I love these books, and if you are a rookie just getting into the I hope you will too.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Shared pain is lessened...., Sep 4 2002

Par	"ziggyz_queen" (NJ, United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

...shared joy increased. This is the simple yet ingenius philosophy of Callahan's Place, a bar one only seems to find if they need support and love. It is a place where anything can happen, and does.

This book collects the short stories about Callahan's Place, which are arranged chronologically over the span of about fifteen years. By the end, you'll be laughing and crying right along with the regulars.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Warning: This review contains a spoiler
Somewhere in the afterword of "The Callahan Chronicals," Robinson alludes to an SF writer who wrote a series of stories that were deliberately bad, I suppose as a sort... Read more

Publi� le Jui 25 2004 par Doug Wray

5.0�toiles sur 5 Punniest book I've ever read!
Spider Robinson pulls out a lot of nice puns in this compilation of short stories about Callahan's, a bar for all those who happen by. Read more

Publi� le Juil 5 2002 par John Asendorf

4.0�toiles sur 5 Spider can spin a good yarn
The stories that make up this book (or, technically, the stories that made up the three books in this collection) are some of the best stories in modern SF. Read more

Publi� le F�v 28 2002 par Daniel J. Fawcett

5.0�toiles sur 5 Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased
That's the lesson of Callahan's Bar, and it's why Spider Robinson's Callahan stories are the most warmly _humane_ speculative fiction since Theodore Sturgeon. Read more

Publi� le D�c 23 2001 par John S. Ryan