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Stardance

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Stardance

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Author: Jeanne Robinson
Spider Robinson
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club, 1997
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1977
Series: Stardance

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Book Type: Novella
Genre: Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags: Near-Future
Soft SF
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Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award winning novella.

Shara, a gifted choreographer and dancer, can't find work. Together with Charlie, a camera man who wants to help Shara achieve her dream, they discover a new way for her to dance: in zero gravity... from space! When an alien force invades, it is up to Shara to find a way to communicate and save Earth.

The story originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1977. The story Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1977. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 (1978), edited by Terry Carr, Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection (1978), edited by Gardner Dozois, Nebula Winners Thirteen (1980), edited by Samuel R. Delany and The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: (1976-79) (1985), edited by Isaac Asimov. The story is included in the collection God Is an Iron and Other Stories (2002). It is incorporated in the fixup novel Stardance (1979).


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