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'''''Stardance''''' is a science fiction novel by ] and ], published by ] in 1979 as part of its ] science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared in ] in 1977 as the novella "Stardance," followed by the serialized conclusion, "Stardance II", in ''Analog'' in 1978.<ref></ref> '''''Stardance''''' is a science fiction novel by ] and ], published by ] in 1979 as part of its ] science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared in ] in 1977 as the novella "Stardance," followed by the serialized conclusion, "Stardance II", in ''Analog'' in 1978.<ref></ref>

==Reception==
] declared ''Stardance'' to be "a reading experience which genuinely evokes a basic human felling . . . 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."<ref>"Books", '']'', October 1979, p.34-38</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Stardance
AuthorSpider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Stardance Trilogy
GenreSF
Publication date1979
Publication placeUSA
Followed byStarseed 

Stardance is a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson, published by Dial Press in 1979 as part of its Quantum science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared in Analog in 1977 as the novella "Stardance," followed by the serialized conclusion, "Stardance II", in Analog in 1978.

Reception

Algis Budrys declared Stardance to be "a reading experience which genuinely evokes a basic human felling . . . 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."

References

  1. ISFDB publishing history
  2. "Books", F&SF, October 1979, p.34-38
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