- Author: Robert L. Forward Author Record # 815
- Legal Name: Forward, Robert Lull
- Birthplace: Geneva, New York, USA
- Birthdate: 15 August 1932
- Deathdate: 21 September 2002
- Language: English
- Webpages: britannica.com, robertforward.com, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names:
George Peterson Field, Dr. Robert L. Forward, Robert Forward (I), Bob Forward, Dr. Robert L. Forward, Ph.D., ロバート L. フォワード?Robāto L. Fowādo,ロバート・L・フォワード?Robāto L. Fowādo, Susan Lull, Maury Pickford
- Author Tags: hard sf (3), science fiction (3), first contact (3), alien perspective (2), high gravity (2), neutron star (2), near future (1), sub-light speed (1), exploration (1), mars (1), physics of neutron stars (1), alien culture (1), postapocalyptic (1), perception of time (1), human-alien relations (1), dark ages (1), aliens (1)
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Fiction Series
- Dragon's Egg
- 1
Dragon's Egg (1980)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Das Drachenei [German] (1981)
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Translation: 竜の卵?Ryū no Tamago[Japanese] (1982) [as byロバート・L・フォワード?Robāto L. Fowādo]
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Translation: L'œuf du dragon?L'oeuf du dragon[French] (1984)
- 2
Starquake (1985)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Sternbeben: Krieg auf dem Neutronenstern [German] (1987)
- Dragon's Egg/Starquake (1994) [O/1,2]
- 1
Dragon's Egg (1980)
also appeared as:
- Martian Rainbow
-
Martian Rainbow (1991)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Regenbogen des Mars [German] (1992)
-
New Colonists' Guide to Mars (1991) [SF]
only appeared as:
- Variant: New Colonists' Guide to Mars (1991) [as by Maury Pickford]
- Translation: Der Mars — ein Leitfaden für neue Siedler [German] (1992) [as by Maury Pickford]
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Martian Rainbow (1991)
also appeared as:
- Rocheworld
- 1
The Flight of the Dragonfly (1984)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Flug der Libelle [German] (1986)
- Translation: Le vol de la libellule [French] (1986) [as by Robert Forward (I)]
- Variant: Rocheworld (1990)
- Serializations:
- Rocheworld (Part 1 of 3) (1982)
- Rocheworld (Part 2 of 3) (1983)
- Rocheworld (Part 3 of 3) (1983)
- 2 Return to Rocheworld (1993) with Julie Forward Fuller
- 3 Marooned on Eden (1993) with Martha Dodson Forward
- 4 Ocean Under the Ice (1994) with Martha Dodson Forward
- 5 Rescued from Paradise (1995) with Julie Forward Fuller
- 1
The Flight of the Dragonfly (1984)
also appeared as:
- Timemaster (1992)
- Camelot 30K (1993)
- Saturn Rukh (1997)
- Indistinguishable from Magic (1995)
- Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics (1988) with Joel Davis
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Future Magic (1988)
also appeared as:
-
Translation: SFはどこまで実現するか―重力波通信からブラック・ホール工学まで?SF ha Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Jūryokuha Tsūshin kara Burakku Hōru Kōgaku Made[Japanese] (1989) [as by
SF ha Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Juuryokuha Tsuushin kara Burakku Hooru Kougaku Made
SF wa Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Jūryokuha Tsūshin kara Burakku Hōru Kōgaku Made
SF wa Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Juuryokuha Tsuushin kara Burakku Hooru Kougaku Made
Esu Efu ha Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Jūryokuha Tsūshin kara Burakku Hōru Kōgaku Made
Esu Efu ha Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Juuryokuha Tsuushin kara Burakku Hooru Kougaku Made
Esu Efu wa Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Jūryokuha Tsūshin kara Burakku Hōru Kōgaku Made
Esu Efu wa Doko Made Jitsugen Suru ka: Juuryokuha Tsuushin kara Burakku Hooru Kougaku Made
SFはどこまでじつげんするか―じゅうりょくはつうしんからブラック・ホールこうがくまでロバート L. フォワード?Robāto L. Fowādo]
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Translation:
- Probability Zero
- Self-Limiting (1992)
-
The Singing Diamond (1979)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Der singende Diamant [German] (1983)
- I Demand the Stars for My Children! (1979) [only as by Susan Lull]
- The Cerebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras III (1981) with Martha Dodson Forward [only as by Martha Dodson and Robert L. Forward]
- Twin Paradox (1983)
- Acceleration Constant (1986)
- IIXXT- (1988)
- Fading Into Blackness (1988) [also as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- A Matter Most Strange (1989)
- Race to the Pole (1995)
- Turn Left at the Moon (1995)
- Science (Science Fiction Age)
- Faster Than Light Space Travel Will Someday Be More Than Just SF. (1994) with Gregory Benford and John G. Cramer and Geoffrey A. Landis
- Forget SF's magical warp drives. Can today's science give us the stars for real? (1995) with David Brin and Geoffrey A. Landis and Jonathan V. Post
- Science Fact (Analog)
- Far Out Physics (1975) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- Exploring Infrastellar Space (1977) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- A Taste of Dragon's Egg (1980)
- Spin Drive to the Stars (1981)
- Flattening Spacetime (1983)
- The Negative Matter Space Drive (1990)
- Polesitters (1990)
- Faster-Than-Light (1995)
- Touchstones
- A Very Heavy Touchstone (1986)
-
Pluto Is Black! (1962)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Pluto, Doorway to the Stars (1962) [as by George Peterson Field]
- Translation: Pluto ist schwarz! [German] (1980)
- Letter (Analog, August 1973) (1973)
- Interstellar Probes and Starships (1977) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- Goodbye Gravity (1979)
- Einstein's Legacy (1979)
- Letter (Locus #222) (1979)
- On the Tenth of Apollo 11 (1979)
- Antimatter Revealed (1979)
- Speculations on the Spirit (1979)
- Comet Catcher (1980)
- How to Build a Time Machine (1980)
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Technical Appendix (Dragon's Egg) (1980)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Technischer Anhang (Das Drachenei) [German] (1981)
- Life on a Neutron Star (1980)
- Alien in Our Seas (1981)
- High Wire Act (1981) with Hans Moravec [only as by Robert L. Forward and Hans P. Moravec]
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Breakthroughs: Antimatter Rockets (1982)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Antimatter Rockets (1986)
- Letter (Analog, October 1983) (1983) [only as by Bob Forward]
- The Paradox of the Torch Ship (1984)
- The Paradox of Interstellar Transport (1985)
- Technical Appendix (Starquake) (1985)
- When Science Writes the Fiction (1986)
- Magic Matter (1987)
- Introduction (Future Magic) (1988)
- Letter (Analog, May 1989) (1989) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- Lightsails to the Stars (1990) with Joel Davis
- Letter (Locus #352) (1990) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- Letter (Analog, April 1991) (1991) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward]
- Letter (Analog, September 1991) (1991)
- Letter (Analog, September 1991) [2] (1991)
- Letter (Locus #377) (1992)
- Twenty-First-Century Spac Propulsion (1995)
- When Science Writes the Fiction (1995)
- Antigravity (1995)
- Antimatter (1995)
- Beanstalks (1995)
- Black Holes (1995)
- Future Speculations (1995)
- Introduction (Indistinguishable from Magic) (1995)
- Space Warps and Time Machines (1995)
- Starships (1995)
- Letter (Analog, December 1995) (1995) [only as by Dr. Robert L. Forward, Ph.D.]
- Letter (Ansible 112) (1996)
- Ad Astra! (2003)