Spider Robinson’s Poly Primers

Zoom 11 am to 1 pm | Live 11 am to 4 pm

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon introduces a group of people who support each other in handling their problems and celebrating their joys. In this and later books they go beyond this to actual group telepathic communication. In Callahan’s Keys, they show their commitment to each other by all moving out-of-state together when local laws and the abuse of them prevented them from meeting together where they were.

According to Spider’s biographical material, many of the metaphysical as well as the group-related experiences come from his real-life ones with his expanded family and close friends during the ‘60s in Haight Ashbury. The Lady Callahan books are definitely Poly as committed couples share their partners with customers of this high-class brothel/ international diplomacy center. The “artists” who work there have relationships with the Lady herself, other artists (some of which include legal marriage), etc.

Lady Callahan’s place could itself be considered a group house since the artists and some of their partners actually do live there. Spider’s Stardance series features very unusually configured group marriages— combining extra-terrestrials with humans, gays with straights who share mental “intercourse” etc. Eventually, his proposed intentional Family includes the whole human race, past, present, and future.

Spider Robinson has written many other stories with incidental poly themes in fictional worlds where it is assumed any choice of whom and how many you love is OK. He has been called the new Heinlein by many.

How can we use this information in our own group living and multiple committed relationship efforts?

• 11am | Lively Poly Discussion
• 1pm | Potluck Lunch – Bring something healthy and delicious to share.  
• 2-4pm | Socializing in the clothing-optional hot tub, Bring sandals and a towel

If you haven’t already done so, make sure to check out this month’s LTD newsletter.

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• Non-Members: $10/person.
  • Attendance is included if you join Live the Dream the day of the meeting (annual membership is $25 for singles and $40 for couples or groups at the same address).
• Paid Members: $5/person.
  • Gentlemen (potluck dish appreciated).
  • Ladies, free with a potluck dish to share, otherwise same donation as gentlemen otherwise.