Title: Dragon's Egg

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

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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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1981^ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck	German	Das Drachenei
1982^ⓘTranslated by 山高昭 (Akira Yamataka)	Japanese	竜の卵^?Ryū no Tamago [as by ロバート・L・フォワード^?Robāto L. Fowādo ]
1984^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Polanis	French	L'œuf du dragon^?L'oeuf du dragon

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1981 Locus	Best First Novel
14	1981 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nominations Below Cutoff	1981 Hugo	Best Novel
Win (as 竜の卵^?Ryū no Tamago )	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
Dragon's Egg	1980-05-00	Robert L. Forward	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28646-4	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: CAD	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
Das Drachenei	1981-06-00	Robert L. Forward	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24019)	3-404-24019-7	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	332+ [1]	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. ISO code: GBP	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
竜の卵^?Ryū no Tamago	1982-06-00	ロバート・L・フォワード^?Robāto L. Fowādo	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF^?Hayakawa Bunko SF #468)	1388	¥480^?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY	404	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
竜の卵^?Ryū no Tamago	1982-06-00	ロバート・L・フォワード^?Robāto L. Fowādo	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ ( ハヤカワ文庫SF^?Hayakawa Bunko SF #468)	4-15-010468-9		404	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
Dragon's Egg	1983-10-00	Robert L. Forward	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31666-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
L'œuf du dragon^?L'oeuf du dragon	1984-02-23	Robert L. Forward	Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain)	2-221-01132-5	F75.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	289	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	1984-03-00	Robert L. Forward	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31666-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: CAD	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. ISO code: GBP	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
Dragon's Egg	1988-03-00	Robert L. Forward	New English Library	0-450-05197-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
L'œuf du dragon^?L'oeuf du dragon	1990-04-00	Robert L. Forward	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7106)	2-253-04931-X		408	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	Manchu
Das Drachenei	1990-05-00	Robert L. Forward	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special^?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special #24130)	3-404-24130-4	DM 8.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	365+ [1]	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
Dragon's Egg / Starquake	1994-08-00	Robert L. Forward	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-38898-4	$5.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD		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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	David Stevenson
Das Drachenei	2012-09-00	Robert L. Forward	Heyne	978-3-453-52985-4	€9.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	398	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	Nele Schütz^?Nele Schuetz
Dragon's Egg	2017-11-21	Robert L. Forward	Tantor Audio	978-1-5414-8518-1	$30.09^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Dragon's Egg	2017-11-21	Robert L. Forward	Tantor Audio	978-1-5414-1518-8			audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
Dragon's Egg	2021-03-01	Robert L. Forward	Tantor and Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-65193-1	$44.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
Dragon's Egg	date unknown	Robert L. Forward	Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-65194-8			audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel

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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