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- Born: November 24, 1948
- Birth place: New York City (Bronx)
- Genre(s): Science Fiction
- Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1974)
- Alma mater: State University of New York
- Debut: "The Guy With The Eyes" in Analog Science Fiction February 1973
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About Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson is a prolific science fiction writer who is often compared to Robert A. Heinlein. He is best known for his stories and books about a group of friends who spend much of their time at Callahan's Bar, and Jake's Place. Presently he is helping his wife, author Jeanne Robinson in her fight with cancer. WeDreamForJeanneCareer
Robinson's first sale was to Analog Science Fiction magazine in 1973 (""The Guy With The Eyes"). It was a story set in a bar that was called Callahan's Place. His first novel was published in 1976 (Telempath). In 2006, he completed and published an unfinished novel by Robert Heinlein (Variable Star).Books
- Telempath (1976)
- Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (1977)
- Stardance (1979) with Jeanne Robinson
- The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980) stories of other authors
- Time Travelers Strictly Cash (1981) most are Callahan stories
- Mindkiller (1982) First in The Deathkiller Trilogy
- Melancholy Elephants (1984 in Canada) short stories
- Callahan's Secret (1986)
- Time Pressure (1987) Second in The Deathkiller Trilogy
- Callahan and Company (1988) The three Callahan volumes
- Callahan's Lady (1989) a Lady Sally novel
- True Minds (1990) Short stories
- Starseed (1991) with Jeanne Robinson
- Lady Slings the Booze (1992) a Lady Sally novel
- The Callahan Touch (1993) a Mary's Place novel
- Off the Wall at Callahan's (1994) quotes from his books
- Starmind (1995) with Jeanne Robinson
- Callahan's Legacy (1996) a Mary's Place novel
- Callahan Chronicals (1997) Callahan and Company with a new title
- Lifehouse (1997) Third of The Deathkiller Trilogy
- The Star Dancers (1997) The novels Stardance and Starseed
- User Friendly (1998) Short stories
- Belabouring the Obvious (2000)
- Callahan's Key (2000) a Jake's Place novel
- By Any Other Name (2001) Short stories
- The Free Lunch (2001)
- God Is an Iron and Other Stories (2002) Short stories
- Callahan's Con (2003) a Jake's Place novel
- The Crazy Years: Reflections of a Science Fiction Original (2004) articles written for a Canadian newspaper
- Very Bad Deaths (2004) science fiction mystery
- Variable Star (2006) with Robert Heinlein (postumous)
- Very Hard Choices (2008) science fiction mystery
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Mahalo Answers for Spider Robinson
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How did you like the book Telempath by Spider Robinson? 1 AnswerI have enjoyed all of the Spider Robinson books that I have read, especially the Callahan series. I have most of them. The last one in the series seemed rathe... read more -
Stardance (by Spider & Jeanne Robinson) is being made into a movie! What do you think? Did you like the book? 1 AnswerThe Stardance trilogy is great, and more serious than many of Spider's works. I think it will be extremely difficult to make it realistic - even through the ap... read more
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How can you tell if a spider is poisonous? 4 AnswersSpiders aren't like snakes, where there are identifiable features worldwide, with only one or two exceptions. Yes, in the U.S., we only have the brown recluses-... read more -
Is a Tarantula a spider? Or an arachnid? Or both? 7 AnswersIn the first place, Tarantula's are Arachnids (which includes scorpions, ticks, and mites). Period. If you're reading resources saying that Tarantulas are not ... read more
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Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity. ~Spider Robinson
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Very Hard Choices, Spider Robinson, Book - Barnes & Noble http://tinyurl.com/yb47mql
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The search for the perfect bar has been forever sullied after one has read Spider Robinson's "Callahan Chronicles"...
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Spider Robinson reads Human Readable, part 2: Here's part two of Spider Robinson's reading of my story Human Re.. http://bit.ly/67UN8s
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Cory Doctorow: Spider Robinson reads Human Readable, part 2 http://bit.ly/67UN8s
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