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Starseed (Stardance #2)
When a personal tragedy destroys her hopes for fame as a dancer on Earth, Rain McLeod volunteers for the Starseed Foundation, a symbiotic lifeform that enables her to defy the laws of gravity in space. Reprint. LJ. PW.
Hardcover, 247 pages
Published
October 1st 1991
by Ace Hardcover
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Aug 30, 2011
Kathryn
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3 of 5 stars
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I was pleasantly surprised when I started this book: I liked it. I liked it a LOT better than the first one. I think that's mostly because I was meeting brand new characters in a (mostly) brand new situation. "Stardance" was based on a short story that I LOVED, and while it was interesting, it also messed with that original story in ways I didn't always like. "Starseed" is its own story, filled with neat characters and fascinating tidbits about life in zero-gee. It almost made me a little sad at...more
Sep 14, 2010
Jeff Yoak
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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read-in-2010
I'm starting to really like Spider Robinson.
In the Stardance series, the really important thing upon which the novel centers that allows humans to transcend their traditional existence and evolve into space-faring masters of the universe is... dance. There is approximately no chance that if I had been privvy to this description that I would have embarked on the series, Variable Star or no Variable Star. But somehow, in the first novel in the series, Spider Robinson made me really love this story...more
In the Stardance series, the really important thing upon which the novel centers that allows humans to transcend their traditional existence and evolve into space-faring masters of the universe is... dance. There is approximately no chance that if I had been privvy to this description that I would have embarked on the series, Variable Star or no Variable Star. But somehow, in the first novel in the series, Spider Robinson made me really love this story...more
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Again, a great book that disappoints me with transcendental or inane parts to make it seem meaningful (or something).
The main character in this book, when about to be killed, attains satori, or enlightenment, allowing her to connect telepathically with anyone, despite her not having the symbiote that supposedly allows telepathy. She becomes able to repair her body rapidly, and moves with superhuman speed to kill her captor by snatching his poisoned dart out of the air and shoving it down...more
Again, a great book that disappoints me with transcendental or inane parts to make it seem meaningful (or something).
The main character in this book, when about to be killed, attains satori, or enlightenment, allowing her to connect telepathically with anyone, despite her not having the symbiote that supposedly allows telepathy. She becomes able to repair her body rapidly, and moves with superhuman speed to kill her captor by snatching his poisoned dart out of the air and shoving it down...more
The middle book of the Robinsons' Stardance trilogy (which is now available as an omnibus edition); a used-bookstore crawl turned up a copy of this, since my copy had gone walkabout a long time ago. I'd reread books 1 & 3 in November and had resolved to get my hands on this one as soon as possible.
The fact that I have had to purchase these novels ten or twelve times over the years should tell you something; they are on the list of books you buy copies of just to give away, because they have...more
The fact that I have had to purchase these novels ten or twelve times over the years should tell you something; they are on the list of books you buy copies of just to give away, because they have...more
I enjoy listening to Spider Robinson read his own stuff. Not every author can pull it off, but Spider can.
This is an engrossing and mostly good follow-up to the inimitable Stardance. There are broad similarities in plot, and one can see bits of Callahan's here too. She says vaguely, not wanting to have to check the spoiler box.
It's a little too tidy, the ending, but not so tidy as to completely demolish what went before.
This is an engrossing and mostly good follow-up to the inimitable Stardance. There are broad similarities in plot, and one can see bits of Callahan's here too. She says vaguely, not wanting to have to check the spoiler box.
It's a little too tidy, the ending, but not so tidy as to completely demolish what went before.
Jun 09, 2013
Natasha Duncan-Drake
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Sci-Fi lovers everywhere
I love this book. I read is a long while ago and I just re-read it yesterday. It is deep, complex and yet moves forward at an incredible pace. I love the concept of the humans going into symbiosis that allows them to live in space and the descriptions and concepts of zero g are brilliant.
I never saw the end coming, which for me is saying something indeed. Great book.
I never saw the end coming, which for me is saying something indeed. Great book.
I picked this book up many years ago on a whim, based on the cover (seems like I found it in an airport bookstore). And it's been one that I've read and re-read many times since. I greatly enjoy the dance themes but what I love so much is the deep exploration of what it would mean to really live in a weightless (OK, microgravity) situation. How would people adapt? What would normal stuff look like, once you let go of the gravity field? It's for that exploration of what-could-be that I've read th...more
I have the sudden urge to be absorbed into a mass of red space-goo and become telepathic. Or even just to meditate and go from there. Really amazing. I only wish someone could put together a CD of the Songs to go with the book.
Love this book and the series even though part of the book makes you gasp in dismay. Life does that too and the Robinsons handle it beautifully.
love how they talk about the book writing process in the first few pages of the book...
Starseed by Spider Robinson (1992)
"The Robinsons' message�that love and communication are what being human are really about�is delivered with plenty of action, high tech and character development in a story that moves along briskly." � Publishers Weekly
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Spider Robinson is an American-born Canadian Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author. He was born in the USA, but chose to live in Canada, and gained citizenship in his adopted country in 2002.
Robinson's writing career began in 1972 with a sale to "Analog Science Fiction" magazine of a story entitled, "The Guy With The Eyes". His writing proved popular, and his first novel saw print...more
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Robinson's writing career began in 1972 with a sale to "Analog Science Fiction" magazine of a story entitled, "The Guy With The Eyes". His writing proved popular, and his first novel saw print...more
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