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Spider Robinson
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Spider Robinson
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by Robert A Heinlein
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16 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,316 libraries worldwide Two young lovers are forced apart by pride, power, and the immensity of interstellar time and space, in an authorized version of an unfinished novel by Hugo Award-winning late science fiction master Robert Heinlein, .
Stardance
by Spider Robinson
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26 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 785 libraries worldwide Shara Drummond was a gifted dancer and a brilliant choreographer, but she could not pursue her dream of dancing on Earth. So she went to space, creating a new art form in three dimensions. And when the aliens arrived, there was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. The only hope was Shara, with her stardance.
Callahan's Key
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13 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide The United States has lost control of its space defense system and now the entire planet is in deadly peril. The job of saving everyone falls to bar owner Jake Stonebender, his wife, his superintelligent toddler, a misunderstood genius named Nikola Tesla and a host of other screwball characters.
Callahan's con
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13 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 654 libraries worldwide In the discreet little Key West bar that Jake Stonebender established, Fast Eddie Costigan learned to curse back at parrots as he played the house piano; the Reverend Tom Hauptman learned to tend bar bare-chested, and Long-Drink McGonnigle discovered the margarita. Nobody even noticed them save the universe. Unfortunately, they find the bar targeted by the local mafia, and then Jake's wife, Zoey, misuses a time machine and finds herself stranded out of time.
The free lunch
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 621 libraries worldwide Mike, a young teen from the near future, escapes into a wonderful amusement park called Dreamworld. He teams with another refugee named Annie, and together they set out to save Dreamworld from its enemies.
Callahan's legacy
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9 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and held by 548 libraries worldwide A novel about a bar on Long Island frequented by science fiction characters. They range from talking dogs to immortals. The novel is a collection of their bar stories, most of them in a humorous vein.
Mindkiller : a novel of the near future
by Spider Robinson
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13 editions published between 1982 and 1988 in English and Spanish and held by 539 libraries worldwide
Very bad deaths
by Spider Robinson
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12 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 514 libraries worldwide Grieving over the death of his beloved wife, Russell Walker seeks refuge deep in the British Columbia wilderness, but he soon finds himself caught in the middle of a series of mass murders perpetrated by a sadistic serial killer.
Starseed
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11 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in English and held by 434 libraries worldwide When a personal tragedy destroys her hopes for fame as a dancer on Earth, Rain McLeod volunteers for the Starseed Foundation, a symbiotic lifeform that enables her to defy the laws of gravity in space.
The Callahan touch
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4 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and held by 434 libraries worldwide Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is just a memory, but a new bar is taking its place as the hottest watering hole in the galaxy: Mary's Place. Opening Night draws the old gang-Jake, Doc, and Fast Eddie-as well as some strange new faces. After all, all beings are welcome, as long as they don't stiff the bartender.
Callahan's crosstime saloon
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9 editions published between 1977 and 2003 in English and French and held by 426 libraries worldwide A mixed group of regulars--from time travelers to talking dogs--gathers for companionship and conversation at Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The regulars swap jokes, drink, and tell tales. In the process, they find humanity in everybody--even aliens--and find ways to save the world from self-destruction.
Callahan's lady
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5 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in English and held by 418 libraries worldwide At the galaxy's most outrageously bizarre bordello, Callahan's girlfriend, Lady Sally, and her staff service a diverse clientele including priests, cabbies, KGB agents, and purebred werebeagles.
Time pressure
by Spider Robinson
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6 editions published between 1987 and 1992 in English and held by 409 libraries worldwide The one-way mission of Rachel, a beautiful woman from another civilization, is to collect data on the past of the human race.
Telempath
by Spider Robinson
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11 editions published between 1976 and 2001 in English and held by 403 libraries worldwide
Starmind
by Spider Robinson
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11 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in English and held by 402 libraries worldwide A man obtains a job in a hotel in space and moves there with his family. The novel describes the wife's problems in adjusting to the new environment, so different from life on earth. Eventually she has an affair. By the authors of Starseed.
Lady slings the booze
by Spider Robinson
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4 editions published between 1992 and 2002 in English and held by 346 libraries worldwide Mike Callahan's wife is back and business is booming. The word in the universe is that Lady Sally really knows how to give her customers a good time. Attracting unusual characters, her establishment is a remarkable place where a jinxed private detective can change his luck and a telepath is twice the woman she seems.
The Callahan chronicals
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12 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 319 libraries worldwide This omnibus edition contains twenty-one insightful, lighthearted science-fiction stories that introduced the world to Mike Callahan and all of the regulars at Callahan's Place, the most bizarre blend of barflies you're likely to meet in this or any other galaxy.
Rocket ship Galileo
by Robert A Heinlein
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9 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 248 libraries worldwide Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for the moon in spite of mysterious setbacks.
Very hard choices
by Spider Robinson
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4 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 232 libraries worldwide
Night of power
by Spider Robinson
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5 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and held by 226 libraries worldwide more
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