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Short shorts that play around with some of the classic concepts of sci-fi fiction. Perhaps my favorite of the series, but be warned: puns happen more frequently than just Punsday Night.

"Fivesight" about a woman who's husband could see negative events three hours into the future. One of the few Callahan bar stories that is told by a woman. It works well, achieving a quite poignant tone with a twist.

"Dog Day Evening" happens on Tall Tales Night, but puns also seem to be part of the agenda. A human and a dog walk into a bar... and it's a sci=fi twist what happens next, but safe to say it involves a time-traveling Temporal Agent. I enjoyed it.

"Have You Heard the One...?" was Tale Tales Night again, and an intergalactic traveling salesman show more steals the show. Almost literally. Another fun twist.

"Mirror, Mirror off the Wall" is another sci-fi thought experiment on closely aligned worlds. A little confusing. show less

Really enjoyed bits. Really don't care for speech transcriptions, however clever - and I recognize the cleverness here - they're just not my thing. So, loved the stories, didn't love the speeches, and was neutral on the reviews.

Though several of the stories here do happen at Callahan's, this book is actually a collection of both fiction and non-fiction, including an essay n the defense of Robert A. Heinlein (who happens to be one of my favorite SF authors) and that one is definitely worth reading. Robinson shows his usual wit and humor here. A solid read/collection.

While this book does have four Callahan stories, it isn't all Callahan. There's a mix of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction essays. I particularly liked the essay on Robert Heinlein. I'm sad the next book isn't on Kindle.

About the language -- before giving the book to a young teen, you may want to see if you think it is appropriate. I didn't think it was *that* bad and I have a low tolerance for out-of-place, "shock" vulgarity.

Great book! This is the 2nd collection of very original short stories with quirky themes that all happen in Callahan's Saloon - an amazing place where fellow patrons are empathetic, compassionate, and accepting of everyone - including talking dogs and aliens. I liked these stories because most of them raised interesting questions and stayed with me long after the book was closed. A quick read that left me pondering random ideas raised by the author and believing in the goodness of people. I would definitely recommend this book!

The second of the original Callahan's Place books contains several good Callahan's stories, several non-Callahan's tales (including the memorable farce "Half an Oaf," and Robinson's paen to Robert A. Heinlein: "Rah! Rah! RAH!". It's perhaps the weakest of the three original collections, but the Callahan stories are still top-drawer stuff.

Unfortunately I struggled with this. It's clearly one of those books that was written because the author had to write something. Quite frankly, it's a bit of a mess and doesn't do the name Spider Robinson any justice at all. It contains a few callahan's stories, some other none callahan's stories and an awful lot of gumph in between these stories which is simply the author filling-in... a great deal of filling-in in fact.

My advise would be to simply scip this one and go straight onto the next. I wish I had.