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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. :)

Name: Helens (helens78)
Goal: 10 books a month from April 2009 through December 2009!
Definition of "book": No page minimum; I read children's books and count those, and they often clock in very low. Graphic novels count, but re-reads count for 0.5!
Books read so far:
Order of the Stick: Volume 0, "On The Origin of PCs", Rich Burlew: +0.5
Order of the Stick: Volume 1, "Dungeon Crawlin' Fools", Rich Burlew: +0.5
Order of the Stick: Volume 2, "No Cure for the Paladin Blues", Rich Burlew: +0.5
Expecting Teryk, Dawn Prince-Hughes: +1.0

Total: 2.5 so far for April! (Eep.)

A little about my goal and my reading habits: My annual goal has been 100 books a year with 50 or fewer re-reads for the last several years, and I usually hit it. This is very slightly more ambitious, but it spreads things out a little more -- it's an experiment, but if I like it I'll probably stick with it next year. :)