Dragon's Egg: A Novel (Del Rey Impact)
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“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


Publisher: Del Rey; Reprint edition (February 16, 2011)
Publication date: February 16, 2011
Language: English
File size: 3124 KB
Text to Speech: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
X Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
Print length: 354 pages