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