Title: Dragon's Egg
Title Record # 6773
Author: Robert L. Forward
Date: 1980-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Dragon's Egg
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Robert L. Forward
Date: 1980-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Dragon's Egg
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: WorldCat: Human scientists strive to establish a relationship with an intelligent alien race known as the cheela, but their efforts are complicated by the fact that one Earth hour is equal to hundred of years on Dragon's Egg, the neutron star where the cheela live.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 1981 Locus | Best First Novel |
| 14 | 1981 Locus | Best SF Novel |
| Nominations Below Cutoff | 1981 Hugo | Best Novel |
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(as 竜の卵?Ryū no Tamago )
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1983 Seiun | Best Translated Long Story |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Dragon's Egg | 1980-05-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28646-4 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
345 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet |  |
| Dragon's Egg | 1980-11-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | 2690 | $5.98?$: US dollar |
276 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1981-02-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28349-X | $2.25?$: US dollar |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1981-02-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-28349-X | C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1981-08-00 | Robert L. Forward | New English Library | 0-450-05197-8 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
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| Dragon's Egg | 1983-10-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-31666-5 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1984-03-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-31666-5 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1984-03-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-31666-5 | C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1988-01-00 | Robert L. Forward | New English Library | 0-450-05197-8 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
308 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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| Dragon's Egg | 1988-03-00 | Robert L. Forward | New English Library | 0-450-05197-8 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
308 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
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| Dragon's Egg/Starquake | 1994-08-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-38898-4 | $5.50?$: US dollar |
535 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
omni | Darrell K. Sweet | |
| Dragon's Egg | 1995-00-00 | Robert L. Forward | Ballantine Books | 0-345-31666-5 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | |||
| Dragon's Egg | 2000-03-00 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey Impact / Ballantine | 0-345-43529-X | $12.00?$: US dollar |
345 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | David Stevenson | |
| Dragon's Egg | 2011-02-16 | Robert L. Forward | Del Rey / Ballantine | 978-0-307-77930-4 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | David Stevenson |
Reviews
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1980) in Locus, #234 June 1980
- Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1980
- Review by Gene DeWeese (1980) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1980
- Review by Bob Mecoy (1980) in Future Life, November 1980
- Review [German] by Kurt Mahr (1980) in SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 12/80
- Review by Spider Robinson (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1980
- Review by Stephen P. Brown [as by Steve Brown] (1980) in Thrust, #16, Fall 1980
- Review by Greg Costikyan (1981) in Ares, #8 May 1981
- Review by Roy Macinski (1981) in Vector 105
- Review by Donald M. Hassler (1982) in Fantasy Newsletter, #54 December 1982
- Review by W. Ritchie Benedict (1982) in Thrust, #18, Winter/Spring 1982
- Review [French] by Michel Cossement (1984) in SFère, #14
- Review [French] by Dominique Warfa (1984) in Fiction, #352
- Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels