Editing Robert L. Forward (section)

===Fiction===
In addition to more than 200 papers and articles, he published 11 novels. Critics' reviews were mixed, always praising the science concepts and the aliens he created, but often finding the plots thin and the humans shallow.<ref name="Oliver2002Obit" />
His treatment of hard-science topics in fictional form is highly reminiscent of the work of [[Hal Clement]].  He described his first novel, ''[[Dragon's Egg]]'', as "a textbook on neutron star physics disguised as a novel."<ref>{{cite book| last = Slusser| first = George| author-link = George Edgar Slusser| date = 2014-02-28| title = Gregory Benford| publisher = University of Illinois Press| page = 10| isbn = 9780252096037|jstor = 10.5406/j.ctt5hjjhc}}</ref>  His novel ''[[Rocheworld]]'' describes a double-planet system with a single shared atmosphere and ocean, and a [[beam-powered propulsion]] interstellar space ship to get there. Forward co-authored two Rocheworld novels with his wife, [[Martha Dodson Forward]], and two additional Rocheworld novels with his second daughter, Julie Fuller. Forward also helped [[Larry Niven]] calculate the parameters of the [[The Smoke Ring (novel)|Smoke Ring]] for his novel ''[[The Integral Trees]]''. Much of his scientific research in speculative physics serves as inspiration for science fiction, many of his ideas on [[Zero-point energy]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Forward |first1=Robert |title=Apparent Endless Extraction of Energy from the Vacuum by Cyclic Manipulation of Casimir Cavity Dimensions |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19990023210 |date=January 1, 1999|website=ntrs.nasa.gov}}
</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Forward |first1=Robert L. |title=Extracting electrical energy from the vacuum by cohesion of charged foliated conductors |journal=Physical Review B |date=15 August 1984 |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=1700–1702 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevB.30.1700 |bibcode=1984PhRvB..30.1700F |url=https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.30.1700}}</ref> [[Interstellar travel]] and propulsion can be found in contemporary and modern scientific fiction.