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Spider Robinson


Born
in New York, New York, The United States
November 24, 1948

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Genre
Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences
Robert A. Heinlein, John D. MacDonald, Donald E. Westlake


Spider Robinson is an American-born Canadian Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author. He was born in the USA, but chose to live in Canada, and gained citizenship in his adopted country in 2002.

Robinson's writing career began in 1972 with a sale to Analog Science Fiction magazine of a story entitled, The Guy With The Eyes. His writing proved popular, and his first novel saw print in 1976, Telempath. Since then he has averaged a novel (or collection) a year. His most well known stories are the Callahan saloon series. ...more

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Spider on the Web 94 - The Starvation Box

The Starvation Box


© 2013 by Spider Robinson


Music: Colin MacDonald.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 56,816 ratings · 2,731 reviews · 197 distinct works • Similar authors
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon...
4.17 avg rating — 10,635 ratings — published 1977 — 27 editions
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Callahan's Lady (Lady Sally...
4.21 avg rating — 3,997 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions
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Time Travellers Strictly Ca...
4.20 avg rating — 3,884 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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The Callahan Chronicals (Ca...
4.30 avg rating — 2,674 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions
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Lady Slings the Booze (Lady...
4.20 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
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Callahan's Secret (Callahan...
4.20 avg rating — 2,411 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions
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Callahan's Legacy (Mary's P...
4.17 avg rating — 1,911 ratings — published 1996 — 16 editions
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Callahan's Key (The Place, ...
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Series by Spider Robinson

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Time Travellers Strictly Cash Callahan's Secret Callahan's Lady Lady Slings the Booze The Callahan Touch Callahan's Legacy
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Callahan's Lady Lady Slings the Booze
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The Callahan Touch Callahan's Legacy
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Stardance Starseed The Stardance Trilogy Starmind
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“Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile.”
― Spider Robinson, Off the Wall at Callahan's
tags: humor, science-fiction, social-commentary
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“Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off. ”
― Spider Robinson
tags: humor, librarians
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“Shared pain is lessened.
Shared joy is increased.
Thus we refute entropy.”
― Spider Robinson
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