By Any Other Name

by Spider Robinson and Edwin Cohen

Book Overview

Imagine the thrill, excitement, and sheer joy of discovering that one of the most famous and romantic characters in all literature did not die four centuries ago, but survived, traveled, and wrote... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671319744
• ISBN13: 9780671319748
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 429 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Ups and Downs Galore

Here is a collection of short stories by Spider Robinson that have nothing to do with Callahan's Saloon. This is the second of his short story collections without the Irishman's bar. And is as good as the first. Where the first short story book, User Friendly, gave the reader the warm fuzzies wrapped around great SF stories, this book puts the reader on a roller coaster of emotions. From the depressing to the thoughtful, from the punny to the erotic, By Any Other Name, is a book to read. A word of warning, from me, and somewhat from Mr. Robinson, the stories are mixed in a way that there is generally one happy story, then one depressing one. Read a depressing one, then a happy one. You'll end up liking yourself better!

A Book of Great Short Stories

Spider Robinson is one of the Great Ones. He's Part Heinlein, part McCaffrey, part Brin (from his early days when he had hope), and part something undefinable yet incredibly special. I don't like short stories (I usually end up feeling gipped), I get emotionally vested in the characters and then the story is over. These stories are worth it. Despite the disimilar settings each story is really about people and relationships, and the darkest story still has a ray of hope. I've been recomending Spider Robinson's stories to people since 1989, so far every person I've recommended him to has fallen in love with his characters.