Starquake (novel)
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Robert Forward |
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| Cover artist | Ralph McQuarrie |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cheela |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 268 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-595-16748-9 |
| OCLC | 53909583 |
| Preceded by | Dragon's Egg |
Starquake is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert L. Forward, published in 1985. It is a sequel to his novel Dragon's Egg. It is about the life of the Cheela civilization, creatures who live on a neutron star named Dragon's Egg, struggling to recover from a disastrous starquake.
The novel was listed by theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll as his favorite science fiction novel.