  First edition covers | |
| Author | Spider Robinson Jeanne Robinson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Larry Kresek |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Stardance Trilogy |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Dial Press Quantum |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Pages | 278 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8037-8232-7 |
| OCLC | 4499006 |
| LC Class | 78-11231 |
| Followed by | Starseed |
Stardance is a science fiction novel bySpider Robinson andJeanne Robinson, published byDial Press in 1979 as part of its Quantum science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared inAnalog in 1977 as the novella "Stardance", followed by the serialized conclusion, "Stardance II", inAnalog in 1978.[1]
After the Dial hardcover appeared in 1979,Stardance was reprinted in paperback byDell Books in 1980, followed by reissues fromTor Books andBaen Books over the next decade. Baen compiled the novel, together with its sequel,Starseed, in a mass market paperback omnibus,The Star Dancers, in 1997; in 2006, Baen published a hardcover omnibus,The Stardance Trilogy, adding a third novel,Starmind.
Algis Budrys declaredStardance to be "a reading experience which genuinely evokes a basic human feeling ... that within each of us dwells something glorious that is beyond mortal error, is the seed of an angel," concluding that "Stardance sweeps over the reader with the uncommon power attainable only by the social extrapolations of SF, and then rarely."[2]
The novella "Stardance" won both theHugo andNebula awards as well as the annualLocus Poll. The novelStardance placed fourth in theLocus Poll two years later.[3]
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