Paul Robinson
Spider Robinson was born Paul Robinson on November 24, 1948 in New York City. He has lived in Canada for the past 30 years and as an author, he is a Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author. He also worked as a book reviewer for the Galaxy science fiction magazine during the mid- to late 1970s and later contributed book reviews to the original anthology series Destinies. He also serves as a columnist in the technology section of the Globe and Mail. Currently (early 2004) working on and with a 1955 lengthy outline of the late Robert A. Heinlein in order to expand it into a novel, thus making it a collaborative effort.
Allusions in various novels and stories make it clear that another past writer whom Robinson admires almost as much as he admires Heinlein is the mystery writer John D. MacDonald.
A major character in the Callahan's series is clearly named in honor of Travis McGee,
and in one recent novel
a group of Robinson's major characters make a visit to the marina near Fort Lauderdale where the Busted Flush was usually moored in the McGee series.
Science fiction novels
- Mindkiller (1982)
- Telempath (1983)
- Night Of Power (1985)
- Time Pressure (1987)
- Copyright Violation (novelette 1990)
- Deathkiller (1996) (omnibus edition of Mindkiller and Time Pressure)
- Lifehouse (1997)
- The Free Lunch (2002)
The Stardance Trilogy
written in collaboration with his wife, Jeanne Robinson
- Stardance (1979)
- Starseed (1991)
- The Star Dancers (1997) (omnibus edition of Stardance and Starseed)
- Starmind (2001)
The Callahan's Series
- Callahan's
- Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (1977)
- Time Travelers Strictly Cash (1981)
- Callahan's Secret (1986)
- Callahan and Company (1988) - (omnibus edition of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Time Travelers Strictly Cash, and Callahan's Secret)
- The Callahan Chronicals (1997) - (retitled republication of Callahan and Company)
- Lady Sally's
- Callahan's Lady (1989)
- Lady Slings the Booze (1992)
- Kill the Editor (1991) - (an excerpt from Lady Slings the Booze, published in a special edition)
- Mary's Place
- The Callahan Touch (1993)
- Callahan's Legacy (1996)
- The Place
- Callahan's Key (2000)
- Callahan's Con (2003)
- Off the Wall at Callahan's (1994) - (a collection of quotes from other books in the series)
Short story collections
- Antinomy (1980)
- The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980) - (collection of works by other authors edited and introduced by Robinson)
- Melancholy Elephants (1984 - Canada; 1985 - United States)
- True Minds (1990)
- User Friendly (1998)
- By Any Other Name (2001)
- God Is an Iron and Other Stories (2002)
Awards
