Stardance: Stardance Series, Book 1

Shara Drummond was a gifted dancer and a brilliant choreographer, but she could not pursue her dream of dancing on Earth. So she went to space, creating a new art form in three dimensions. And when the aliens arrived, there was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. The only hope was Shara, with her stardance.

The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Stardance series pioneered the concept of zero gravity dance, which even sparked the interest of NASA and shortlisted co-author Jeanne Robinson for a seat on a space shuttle to become the first actual freefall dancer in space. Though the Challenger explosion cancelled that dream, now Jeanne is being given a second chance to choreograph dance in space…on film. See www.stardancemovie.com for more.

SPIDER ROBINSON is renowned for his “Callahan’s Place” series of best-selling novels. With his wife, Jeanne, he has written the Hugo- and Nebula-winning “Stardance” series. Winner of three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award, he currently resides on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia, and writes a regular editorial column, “Future Tense,” for the Globe and Mail. He is a favorite guest at sci-fi conventions across the United States and Canada.

Jeanne Robinson is a writer, choreographer, former dancer and teacher. She studied at the Boston Conservatory and the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey and Erick Hawkins schools, and performed with Beverly Brown Dance Ensemble in New York. Artistic Director of Halifax’s Nova Dance Theatre for eight years, she choreographed thirty original works. Her Hugo and Nebula winning 1976 novella “Stardance” pioneered the concept of zero gravity dance, and inspired three novels. Robinson is a lay-ordained Buddhist monk in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

SPIDER ROBINSON is renowned for his “Callahan’s Place” series of best-selling novels. With his wife, Jeanne, he has written the Hugo- and Nebula-winning “Stardance” series. Winner of three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award, he currently resides on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia, and writes a regular editorial column, “Future Tense,” for the Globe and Mail. He is a favorite guest at sci-fi conventions across the United States and Canada.