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Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon

Name: Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
Rating: 4.17 (10628 reviews)
Author: Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson January 1, 1977

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Callahan’s Place is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and listen to the stories spun by time travelers, cybernetic aliens, telepaths…and a bunch of regular folks on a mission to save the world, one customer at a time.

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon contains the following stories, virtually all of which were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact:

* “The Guy With the Eyes”
* “The Time-Traveler”
* “The Centipede’s Dilemma”
* “Two Heads Are Better Than One”
* “The Law Of Conservation of Pain”
* “Just Dessert”
* “A Voice is Heard in Ramah…”
* “Unnatural Causes”
* “The Wonderful Conspiracy”

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