Helens (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
helens78) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
a_reader_is_me2009-08-04 09:58 pm
helens78) wrote in a_reader_is_me2009-08-04 09:58 pm
Entry tags:
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Spider Robinson)
Title: Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Author: Spider Robinson
Genre: Science Fiction ('70s era)
Book Number/Goal: 2 of 10 for August 2009
Review: I've been meaning to read the Callahan's books since I was a kid -- my father first noticed them because Robinson was famous for being an inveterate punster, and my father loves puns. Up until the last few years, the 1970s-style science fiction voice didn't really grab me (there's something very dry about it that I've never found interesting before), but lately it's appealed to me more -- it may be dry, but it can be full of character and it definitely doesn't waste time with page after page of description.
The first Callahan's book is a collection of short stories, near as I can figure; it's nine stories, each with the same narrator (a non-main-character who hangs out in Callahan's bar and plays guitar), each with a different story that was very relevant to the '70s. The world of Callahan's hasn't fully developed as of this book, but it's definitely getting clearer. I think the Callahan's books started as short stories Robinson submitted to different sci-fi magazines back in the day, so the format makes sense and definitely kept my interest. :)
Author: Spider Robinson
Genre: Science Fiction ('70s era)
Book Number/Goal: 2 of 10 for August 2009
Review: I've been meaning to read the Callahan's books since I was a kid -- my father first noticed them because Robinson was famous for being an inveterate punster, and my father loves puns. Up until the last few years, the 1970s-style science fiction voice didn't really grab me (there's something very dry about it that I've never found interesting before), but lately it's appealed to me more -- it may be dry, but it can be full of character and it definitely doesn't waste time with page after page of description.
The first Callahan's book is a collection of short stories, near as I can figure; it's nine stories, each with the same narrator (a non-main-character who hangs out in Callahan's bar and plays guitar), each with a different story that was very relevant to the '70s. The world of Callahan's hasn't fully developed as of this book, but it's definitely getting clearer. I think the Callahan's books started as short stories Robinson submitted to different sci-fi magazines back in the day, so the format makes sense and definitely kept my interest. :)