Lady Slings the Booze

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Summary: Wow!
Review: This added feature to Callahan's Chronicles is truly a memorable and enjoyable read. The entertwining of the characters is only a feat that Robinson can pull off. Once again, Robinson has written a book that ever so slightly hits the political nerve to lighten one's mood- and quickly.

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Summary: If you're really lucky, you'll find a place like Lady Sallys
Review: This book is a combination detective story/love story/science fiction novel that combines all the best parts of these sorts of stories and drops them into the best little cathouse in the universe: Lady Sally's Place. Spider Robinson uses references to the "real world" that make you almost believe, and wish, that Lady Sally's is a real place. Part of the Callahan's Bar series, this is a definite must read for all readers, sci fi and otherwise. The main character at one point, after falling in love with one of the "artists" at Lady Sally's thinks to himself,"she's a hooker. Yeah, and if I'm really lucky she won't think marrying a detective is beneath her." As I said, this book, and for that matter, the whole Callahan's Bar series, is a must read. However, they should have a warning label for the excessive punnage

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Summary: Interesting Logical Leaps
Review: This is actually a very entertaining novel. Set in an upscale brothel in New York, this novel is about expanding your mind to accept things that seem to be impossible. A talking dog and telepathic twins are some of the strange things the protagonist simply accepts, while the reader gapes. This book has two parts - the first part is a mystery which the protagonist eventually solves. The solving of the mystery involves some bizarre logical leaps by the hero - which turn out to be absolutely correct. Then, having proved his ability to fit in mentally with the eccentric group of characters who run the brothel, the novel turns into a "save the world" story. It's amazing how the characters are able to figure everything out with very little evidence to back them, but again, they turn out to be correct. One of the best things about this novel is the humor, which is sprinkled (almost) literally on each page. If you enjoy the author's sense of humor, this book is a fun romp through an implausible situation.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting Logical Leaps
Review: This is actually a very entertaining novel. Set in an upscale brothel in New York, this novel is about expanding your mind to accept things that seem to be impossible. A talking dog and telepathic twins are some of the strange things the protagonist simply accepts, while the reader gapes. This book has two parts - the first part is a mystery which the protagonist eventually solves. The solving of the mystery involves some bizarre logical leaps by the hero - which turn out to be absolutely correct. Then, having proved his ability to fit in mentally with the eccentric group of characters who run the brothel, the novel turns into a "save the world" story. It's amazing how the characters are able to figure everything out with very little evidence to back them, but again, they turn out to be correct. One of the best things about this novel is the humor, which is sprinkled (almost) literally on each page. If you enjoy the author's sense of humor, this book is a fun romp through an implausible situation.