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Title: A Wonderful tale of the power of humanity
Review: Entropy is an omnipotent force. It erodes and degrades just about every facet of our lives. But not at Callahan's. Spider Robinson paints a picture of a place where people are genuinely interested in each other. It isn't a utopic scene where nothing ever goes wrong. In fact just the opposite, if it can go wrong, it will go wrong first at Callahan's. Fortunately, the patrons of this wonderful place are capable of dealing with these problems. The characters range from the (forgive me) mundane to the utterly outrageous. The puns are some of the best (worst?) ever put on paper. Spider's characters are real. Spider has a way of grasping someone out of every walk of life and putting them together in this place on Route 25a Long Island. The lively characters show the qualities that, over time, we may all learn to embrace. To quote a line from the book, only because it fits so well, "Shared joy is increased; shared pain is lessened."
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