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Dragon's Egg

Robert L. Forward

First published May 1980
Type Novel
Series Dragon's Egg #1

<i>WorldCat:</i> 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.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1981 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Winner
1981 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1980 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
November 1980 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC Novel 1
February 1981 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
February 1981 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
June 1981 Cover Das Drachenei Bastei Lübbe Novel 5
August 1981 Cover Dragon's Egg New English Library Novel 1
June 1982 Cover 竜の卵 早川書房 Novel
June 1982 Cover 竜の卵 早川書房 Novel
October 1983 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
February 1984 Cover L'œuf du dragon Robert Laffont Novel
March 1984 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
March 1984 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
January 1988 Cover Dragon's Egg New English Library Novel
March 1988 Cover Dragon's Egg New English Library Novel 1
April 1990 Cover L'œuf du dragon Le Livre de Poche Novel
May 1990 Cover Das Drachenei Bastei Lübbe Novel 5
August 1994 Cover Dragon's Egg / Starquake Del Rey / Ballantine Omnibus 1
1995 Dragon's Egg Ballantine Books Novel
March 2000 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey Impact / Ballantine Novel
February 2011 Cover Dragon's Egg Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
September 2012 Cover Das Drachenei Heyne Novel
November 2017 Cover Dragon's Egg Tantor Audio Novel
November 2017 Cover Dragon's Egg Tantor Audio Novel
March 2021 Cover Dragon's Egg Tantor and Blackstone Publishing Novel