The Lifehouse Trilogy (Mindkiller, Time Pressure, Lifehouse)

by Spider Robinson

Overview

THE LIFEHOUSE TRILOGY is comprised of three books by Hugo Award-winning author Spider Robinson: MINDKILLER, TIME PRESSURE, and LIFEHOUSE.

MINDKILLER: In this future-present tale, Wireheads are a new form of junkie who feed electric currents into the pleasure centers of their brains. Karen, an ex-wireheader, and Joe, a professional thief, work to bring down the powers that be behind Wireheading, only to discover a much larger conspiracy

TIME PRESSURE: A beautiful time-traveller from the far future appears near a hippie commune in the wintery mountains of Nova Scotia, prompting revelations and terror about the future of humanity.

LIFEHOUSE: Con artists Jack and June dupe science fiction fans Wally and Moira in a time traveller scheme. But when actual time travelers pursue Jack and June, they must work with their marks to find the travelers first, and restore a wiped memory.

"A Master!"
- Locus

"Like Heinlein in his prime, Mr. Robinson writes a crisp, tightly controlled prose about a future that is recognizably descended from today's world, yet provocatively altered."
- The New York Times

"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself."
- Vancouver Sun

"Nobody's perfect. But Spider comes pretty damned close."
- Ben Bova

"Spider Robinson is the hottest writer to hit science fiction since Harlan Ellison, and he can match the master's frenetic energy and emotional intensity, arm-break for gut-wrench."
- The Los Angeles Times

"Spider Robinson is the Tom Robbins of the 21st century."
- John Varley

"Spider Robinson is a master storyteller..."
- Allen Steele

[Spider Robinson] "embodies the best of Sturgeon, Heinlein, and Asimov."
- David Gerrold

"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162547624
Publisher:	Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	07/07/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	238,222
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Spider Robinson was born in the Bronx, NY, in 1948, the year Robert A. Heinlein married Virginia Gerstenfeld—and in 2006 he became the only author ever to collaborate with Mr. Heinlein on a novel, VARIABLE STAR. Since 1973 he has published over thirty-five books, and won three Hugos, a Nebula, the John W. Campbell Award, and numerous other international honours.

He moved to Canada in 1974, and became a Canadian citizen in 2004. His Callahan’s Place stories inspired the creation of the long running Usenet newsgroup alt.callahans and other cybernetworks. From 1995-2004 he published an op-ed column (“The Crazy Years,” later called “Future Tense”) in Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. In 2006 he became the first Writer In Residence at Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, and in 2010 he was named sixth Writer In Residence at the Vancouver Public Library. He has written songs with David Crosby and Todd Butler, and recorded original music with Amos Garrett and Michael Creber. His award-winning podcast Spider On The Web has appeared regularly since 2007, and he has been Toastmaster at two World Science Fiction Conventions.

He was married for 35 glorious years to Jeanne Robinson, a dancer, writer and Buddhist priest with whom he co-authored the Hugo- and Nebula-winning THE STARDANCE TRILOGY. In 2004, they were both separately invited by First Lady Laura Bush to appear at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Since Jeanne’s death in May 2010, Spider has lived alone on an island in Howe Sound, British Columbia. He suspects his granddaughter Marisa Alegria da Silva might just be the long-awaited Maitreya Buddha, who will bring enlightenment to all sentient beings.

Editorial Reviews

"Spider Robinson is the hottest writer to hit science fiction since Harlan Ellison, and he can match the master's frenetic energy and emotional intensity, arm-break for gut-wrench."

The Los Angeles Times - N/A