Stardance

By: Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson

Narrated by: Spider Robinson

Nebula Award Winner, Novella, 1977

Shara Drummond was a gifted dancer and a brilliant choreographer, but she could not pursue her dream of dancing on Earth. So she went to space, creating a new art form in three dimensions. And when the aliens arrived, there was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. The only hope was Shara, with her stardance.

This novel is an expanded version of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Stardance novella, which pioneered the concept of zero gravity dance - and even sparked the interest of NASA.

Dancing with the stars: listen to the sequel, Starseed.©1979 Spider and Jeanne Robinson (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A major work, not only as entertainment, but as a literary milestone." (Chicago Sun-Times)

fantastic story

great story and well told. sorry enough to listen to in one day but the concept introduced will probably stay with you for life...

Spider's masterpiece

It was incredible to hear the man himself read his work. An utter joy. Loved it.

great read

I wasn't sure where the story was going. It was worth sticking with it.

Superb Spider Robinson!

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Still a classic

Spider and Jeanne Robinson's classic Stardance is a novel of discovery. It isn't "space opera", and isn't even "alien contact", though certainly it involves contact with aliens. It's much more about dance and zero-G, than about aliens. I first read this book in the 70's, and I wasn't sure how well it would have stood the test of time, but I was pleasantly surprised. Yes it's a bit dated, but still a compelling story, well told and well narrated by Spider Robinson. Usually, authors should not pretend to be narrators, but stick to their writing, but Mr.Robinson does a superb job of narration. All in all, well worth the credit.