Series
Stardance
Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson · 4 novels · 1 novella · 1977–1995
Stardance began as Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson's Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella before growing into a trilogy about the birth of dance choreographed for zero gravity, and the human and, later, alien audiences it reaches. Jeanne Robinson was herself a professional dancer, and the books carry that grounding into their depiction of movement as art once freed from gravity. The sequels, Starseed and Starmind, push the premise outward from one dancer's breakthrough into first-contact territory.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Stardance at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s3
- 1980s0
- 1990s2
Shape
4 novels · 1 novella
2 authors
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspacefar futureemotionaladult
Mood
Bright and intense: 60% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Stardance IIdarkest · calmest
- Starmindbrightest · most intense