Bars, pubs and watering holes, either at the end of the universe or down the street, have contributed richly to science fiction and fantasy. Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart, any of Spider Robinson's Callahan novels, The opening sequence of Douglas Adam's (misnamed) trilogy...and a vast quantity more my ale soaked brain can't quite conjure at the moment all set the bar for tales about and within drinking establishments of high and low repute. Even the bar scenes of our favorite media SF loom large in our memories. It was where we saw Han shoot first, Scotty defend the Enterprise's honor, and a naked terminator walk into a bar...Disappointingly, Cosmic Cocktails doesn't quite clear that bar. p>

(Source: DAW)