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Dragon's Egg
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Series: Del Rey Impact
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ISBN10: 034543529X
ISBN13: 9780345435293
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: Feb 29 2000
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.52
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780345435293
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: Feb 29 2000
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.52
Language: English
In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them.--Arthur C. Clarke
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers. Praise for Dragon's Egg Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.--Isaac Asimov Dragon's Egg is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics.--Larry Niven This is one for the real science-fiction fan.--Frank Herbert Robert L. Forward tells a good story and asks a profound question. If we run into a race of creatures who live a hundred years while we live an hour, what can they say to us or we to them?--Freeman J. Dyson Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.--The Washington Post
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers. Praise for Dragon's Egg Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.--Isaac Asimov Dragon's Egg is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics.--Larry Niven This is one for the real science-fiction fan.--Frank Herbert Robert L. Forward tells a good story and asks a profound question. If we run into a race of creatures who live a hundred years while we live an hour, what can they say to us or we to them?--Freeman J. Dyson Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.--The Washington Post
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