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Starquake

1985 novel by Robert L. Forward
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Summary

Starquake is a literary work[1]. Starquake ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Robert L. Forward[3]
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books[4]
  • Genre: science fiction[5]
  • Follows: Dragon's Egg[6]
  • Part of the series: Dragon's Egg[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Publication date: October 1985[10]
  • Cover art by: Ralph McQuarrie[11]
  • Has edition or translation: Starquake[12]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[13]
  • Title: Starquake[14], Sternbeben: Krieg auf dem Neutronenstern[15]
  • Form of creative work: novel[16]

Why It Matters

Starquake is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Falcorian · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL7547351M, OL84295W
    Sitelink count → 4
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'it', 'ro', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/59381|batch #59381]]: Add open library ids to various books"
  2. 11w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fantlab work id → 414339
    Form of creative work → novel
    Wikidata description → 1985 novel by Robert L. Forward
    Publisher → Ballantine Books
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Form of creative work: novel, add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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