- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books; First Edition edition (Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553111639
- ISBN-13: 978-0553111637
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,087,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nobody blends good science with bad puns as brilliantly as Spider Robinson, as his legion of devoted fans will attest. Now from the creator of the Callahan series comes an improbable tale of impending doom, a road trip, space, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
Callahan's Key
The universe is in desperate peril. The United States' own defense system, orbiting above
an unknowing populace, is more vulnerable than its creators could have envisioned. Now, bombarded by a freakish cluster of natural phenomena, the ultimate protection has become a perfect doomsday machine. Its target: not just the U.S., not just Earth, but the entire universe. And only one man can stop the devastation this unholy weapon will wreak.
Unfortunately, he's not available.
So the job falls instead to bar owner Jake Stonebender. And his wife, Zoey, and superintelligent 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.
It'll take a move to Key West, an experiment in mass telepathy, and hundreds of gallons of Irish coffee to save everything-as-we-know-it from annihilation. But it's nothing Jake Stonebender hasn't done before....Callahan's Key is the story of a group of humans-more or less-who band together in a cosmic adventure-more or less-to make the universe safe for...well, probably more of the same.
Callahan's Key
The universe is in desperate peril. The United States' own defense system, orbiting above
an unknowing populace, is more vulnerable than its creators could have envisioned. Now, bombarded by a freakish cluster of natural phenomena, the ultimate protection has become a perfect doomsday machine. Its target: not just the U.S., not just Earth, but the entire universe. And only one man can stop the devastation this unholy weapon will wreak.
Unfortunately, he's not available.
So the job falls instead to bar owner Jake Stonebender. And his wife, Zoey, and superintelligent 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.
It'll take a move to Key West, an experiment in mass telepathy, and hundreds of gallons of Irish coffee to save everything-as-we-know-it from annihilation. But it's nothing Jake Stonebender hasn't done before....Callahan's Key is the story of a group of humans-more or less-who band together in a cosmic adventure-more or less-to make the universe safe for...well, probably more of the same.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Callahan's Key is a trip!,
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This review is from: Callahan's Key (Bantam Spectra Book) (Hardcover)
The US orbiting defense system is bombarded by a freakish cluster of natural phenomena; its target is not just the US or the Earth: it is total & only one man can stop the devastation. Unfortunately he is unavailable so the job falls to bar owner Jake Stonebender & his wife Zoey with their superintelligent toddler Erin.In a risable blend of good science fiction & bad puns this is the saga of a caravan of busses replete with ex-hippies & freaks; drugs; rock'n'roll; Robert Heinlein's wandering cat; a converted cop; a whorehouse parrot & the much misunderstood genius-inventor Nikola Tesla, our hero rumbles off to the rescue. If you want many hours of thoroughly enjoyable reading I encourage you to scratch around in the musty shelves of your library, amazon.com or wherever you might buy his award-winning works. They are literally unforgettable. Do check out Associate Reviewer David's other SF picks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great addition to the Callahan's saga,
By Stratus128 "Stratus128" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Callahan's Key (Bantam Spectra Book) (Hardcover)
In my opinion, better than the last Callahan's and damn good book. All our friends, facing fascinating things which never faze them.This one I thought was particularly well done -- Although not back to the original Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, with wierd folks just wandering in to the bar, here.. Jake goes mobile and the convoy he creates is strangely reminiscent of his description of Western Nova Scota - but that's what you get when your favorite author is still 90% hipppy. This book offers a lot, it has some healing, some punning, some traveling, some telepathy and some universe saving.. but not more than 2 or 3 new commers and no delving into their respective stories - Recommended for fans of Spider who have read the previous Callahan's books.. you might get a bit lost or wierded out if you havn't read any of the other Callahan's books.. and some things might just not make sense even if you have an especially high ability to suspend your disbelief. On a side note I'd still like to buy the author and his wife a beer sometime and now for some reason.. I'd like to visit Key West - enjoy!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Spider Robinson book I have read,
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This review is from: Callahan's Key (Mass Market Paperback)
I have loved Callahan books.
I have loved almost everything by Spider Robinson before this book. I had great expectations before I started to read this one. Sadly I had to be very disappointed. It seems Spider had material for a short story, and got a contract for a novel. Never have I encountered such amount of padding in any book before. There literary pages and pages of pure, unadulterated padding. There are paragraphs full of names, which are repeated a few pages later. There are sidetracks in the story which lead nowhere, and have no relation with the main plot of the story, and have practically no entertainment value at all. This might have been a fine short story, but this is a horrible novel.
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