Starseed
Book One of the Shadow & Shifter Series

Starseed is the middle book of the Stardance trilogy, but appeared several years later. It's set a generation later than the original, and looks at some of the complexities of symbiotic biology and telepathy, which was always one of Robinson's main interests. The examination of the psychology and sa......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. T......more

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 be......more

Note: I'm actually reading this version: The Stardance Trilogy but I'm adding them separately so I can review them individually. Though, WOW, I remember this exact cover when I read it originally as a kid. This book was written in 1991 (versus 1977 of the original) so while it's still a bit dated in......more

4.5/5 stars and a satisfying sequel to Stardance. It is a generation later, now in the 21st century, and Shara Drummond and other Stardancers have been a great benefit to humanity, so now there is a program where other humans can go and become Stardancers (after a vigorous testing process) I was blow......more