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Home / Authors / Spider Robinson Spider Robinson Canadian-American author best known for the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon series and the Stardance trilogy. A multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, his work is celebrated for blending speculative fiction with humanist themes. This page provides the Spider Robinson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1976 Telempath POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1977 Stardance POoSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1977 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon POoCB · 1 Buy ↗ 1980 Antinomy POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1981 Time Travellers Strictly Cash POoCB · 2 Buy ↗ 1982 Mindkiller POoLTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1984 Melancholy Elephants POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1985 Night of Power POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1986 Callahan's Secret POoCB · 3 Buy ↗ 1987 Time Pressure POoLTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1989 Callahan's Lady POoLSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) POoACMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) POoACMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1989 Callahan's Crazy Crosstime Bar POoCB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) POoACMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1990 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) POoACMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) POoACMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1990 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) POoACMB · 6 Buy ↗ 1990 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) POoACMB · 7 Buy ↗ 1990 True Minds POoACMB · 8 Buy ↗ 1991 Starseed POoSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 Hedgework & Guessery(By: Charles de Lint) POoACMB · 9 Buy ↗ 1991 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) POoACMB · 10 Buy ↗ 1991 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoACMB · 11 Buy ↗ 1991 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) POoACMB · 12 Buy ↗ 1991 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) POoACMB · 13 Buy ↗ 1992 Lady Slings the Booze POoLSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 The Callahan Touch POoCB · 7 Buy ↗ 1994 Off the Wall at Callahan's POoCB · 8 Buy ↗ 1995 Starmind POoSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 Callahan's Legacy POoCB · 9 Buy ↗ 1997 Lifehouse POoLTB · 3 Buy ↗ 1998 User Friendly POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Callahan's Key POoCB · 10 Buy ↗ 2001 The Free Lunch POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2001 By Any Other Name POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 2002 Very Bad Deaths POoRWZMMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 God is an Iron and Other Stories POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 2003 Callahan's Con POoCB · 11 Buy ↗ 2004 The Crazy Years POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 Variable Star(With: Robert A. Heinlein) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2008 Very Hard Choices POoRWZMMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 My Favorite Shorts POoC · 6 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Collections 6 books · 1980–2016
02 Melancholy Elephants 1984 Buy ↗ 04 By Any Other Name 2001 Buy ↗ 05 God is an Iron and Other Stories 2002 Buy ↗ 06 My Favorite Shorts 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Author's Choice Monthly Books 13 books · 1989–1991
01 The Old Funny Stuff(By: George Alec Effinger) 1989 Buy ↗ 02 Daily Voices(By: Lisa Goldstein) 1989 Buy ↗ 03 Heroines(By: James Patrick Kelly) 1990 Buy ↗ 04 Peripheral Vision(By: Karen Joy Fowler) 1990 Buy ↗ 05 Swatting at the Cosmos(By: James K. Morrow) 1990 Buy ↗ 06 Neon Twilight(By: Edward Bryant) 1990 Buy ↗ 07 Tales from a Vanished Country(By: Elizabeth Lynn) 1990 Buy ↗ 09 Hedgework & Guessery(By: Charles de Lint) 1991 Buy ↗ 10 Unthreatened by the Morning Light(By: Karl Edward Wagner) 1991 Buy ↗ 11 Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 1991 Buy ↗ 12 Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe(By: Lewis Shiner) 1991 Buy ↗ 13 It's Been Fun(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1991 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Callahan's Books 9 books · 1977–2003
01 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 1977 Buy ↗ 02 Time Travellers Strictly Cash 1981 Buy ↗ 03 Callahan's Secret 1986 Buy ↗ 04 Callahan's Crazy Crosstime Bar 1989 Buy ↗ 07 The Callahan Touch 1993 Buy ↗ 08 Off the Wall at Callahan's 1994 Buy ↗ 09 Callahan's Legacy 1996 Buy ↗ 10 Callahan's Key 2000 Buy ↗ 11 Callahan's Con 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2004
01 The Crazy Years 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 4 books · 1976–2006
02 Night of Power 1985 Buy ↗ 03 The Free Lunch 2001 Buy ↗ 04 Variable Star(With: Robert A. Heinlein) 2006 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Russell Walker/Zandor Zudenigo/Nika Mandiç Mysteries Books 2 books · 2002–2008
01 Very Bad Deaths 2002 Buy ↗ 02 Very Hard Choices 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lifehouse Trilogy Books 3 books · 1982–1997
Publication Order of Lady Sally's Books 2 books · 1989–1992
01 Callahan's Lady 1989 Buy ↗ 02 Lady Slings the Booze 1992 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Stardance Books 3 books · 1977–1995