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Robert L. Forward


Born
in Geneva, New York, The United States
August 15, 1932

Died
September 21, 2002

Genre
Science Fiction, Fantasy


Robert Lull Forward, commonly known as Robert L. Forward, (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His fiction is noted for its scientific credibility, and uses many ideas developed during his work as an aerospace engineer.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 13,224 ratings · 955 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors
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3.97 avg rating — 1,171 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions
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Flight of the Dragonfly
3.71 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 1984 — 19 editions
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Camelot 30K
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3.75 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions
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Dragon's Egg / Starquake
4.34 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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Indistinguishable From Magic
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Series by Robert L. Forward

Dragon's Egg Starquake
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“After a short flurry of national and international concern over the "death of the Sun," the human race settled down to solving the insoluble problem in the best way that they knew - they ignored it and hoped it would go away.”
― Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg
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“If the computer had been a human, its eyebrows would have raised.”
― Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg
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“I must really be getting hungry,” Swift-Killer thought. “Here I am gazing full on the topside of a handsome young male and I am not even interested.”
― Robert L. Forward, Dragon's Egg
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