Callahan's Key

by Spider Robinson

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

PS3568 .O3156

Series

Callahan's (8)

The Place (1)

Genres

Science Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Spectra (2001), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages

Description

Nobody blends good science with bad puns as brilliantly as Spider Robinson, as his legion of devoted fans will attest. Now he�??s back with the latest chapter of the Callahan saga �?? an improbable tale of impending doom, a road trip, space, drugs, and rock �??n�?? roll. The universe in is desperate peril. Due to a cluster of freakish phenomena, the United States�?? own defense system has become a doomsday machine, threatening the entire universe. Only one man can save everything-as-we-know-it from annihilation. Unfortunately, he�??s not available. So the job falls instead to bar owner Jake Stonebender, his wife Zoey, and their super-intelligent toddler, Erin, not to mention two dozen busloads of ex-hippies and freaks, Robert Heinlein�??s wandering cat, a whorehouse parrot, and misunderstood genius-inventor, Nikola Tesla, who is in fact alive and well.A Blackst… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member heidilove

So I skipped some of the novels on the way to this one, but it was fun nonetheless. Nikki, my favorite character, shows up again, and ... well they save the world. again. with style. and o my word the puns.

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LibraryThing member ABVR

Robinson's sixth book in the Callahan's Place universe (or eighth if you count the two "Lady Sally" books) moves the action from New York to Florida . . . specifically Key West. The plot (Jake Stonebender and the rest of the usual suspects save the universe against unimaginable odds) feels a little

recycled, and the characterizations a little sketchy, but the book is still a delightful ride for dedicated fans of the series (like me).

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LibraryThing member burnit99

A continuation of Spider Robinson's marvelous "Callahan" science-fiction series (I've evidently missed one or two), in which Jake Stonebender, the new and struggling proprietor of Callahan's saloon, wife Zooey and genius baby daughter Erin gather the denizens of Callahan's and migrate from Long

Island to the Florida Keys, in order to be situated to save the universe from an inadvertent Doomsday scenario. Much of the book consists of a zany and joyful travelogue from NYC to the Keys, with many stops along the way that must resonate with the author. Anyway, it stimulated me to duplicate the trek one day. The Callahan books have all been a happy and imaginative hoot so far, and this does not disappoint. However, maximum enjoyment will be derived from reading the books in sequence. And fair waring; atrocious puns abound.

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LibraryThing member Greymowser

Has some of my favorite Spider Robinson quotes in it.

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