Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Drabble Project |
1988 |
Buy |
Cheela Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dragon’s Egg |
1980 |
Buy |
| Starquake |
1985 |
Buy |
Robert Forward Non-Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Future Magic |
1988 |
Buy |
| Mirror Matter |
1988 |
Buy |
Robert Forward Standalone Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Martian Rainbow |
1991 |
Buy |
| Timemaster |
1992 |
Buy |
| Camelot 30K |
1993 |
Buy |
| Indistinguishable from Magic |
1995 |
Buy |
| Saturn Rukh |
1997 |
Buy |
Rocheworld Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| El mundo de Roche |
1984 |
N/A |
| Rocheworld / Flight of the Dragonfly |
1984 |
Buy |
| Return to Rocheworld |
1993 |
Buy |
| Marooned on Eden |
1993 |
Buy |
| Ocean Under the Ice |
1994 |
Buy |
| Rescued from Paradise |
1995 |
Buy |
Robert L. Forward (1932-2002) was a physicist at Hughes Research Laboratories who wrote hard science fiction grounded in real physics. His day job involved gravitational research, and his novels reflect that background. Dragon’s Egg (1980), his most celebrated work, imagines an entire civilization of creatures living on the surface of a neutron star, evolving at a vastly accelerated rate compared to humans.
Forward published sixteen books across his career, including the six-volume Rocheworld series about humanity’s first interstellar mission and several standalone novels like Timemaster and Saturn Rukh. He also wrote non-fiction about advanced physics concepts. His fiction was praised by scientists and science fiction readers alike for taking real scientific principles and building genuinely alien worlds from them.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Robert L. Forward written?
Robert L. Forward has written sixteen books across five series.
What was Robert L. Forward's first book?
Robert L. Forward’s first book is Dragon’s Egg, published in 1980.
What is Robert L. Forward known for?
Forward was both a working physicist and a science fiction author. He is best known for Dragon’s Egg (1980), about life on a neutron star, and the Rocheworld series about an interstellar expedition. His fiction is notable for its rigorous scientific accuracy.