dragon's egg: a novel (del rey impact) dragon's egg: a novel (del rey impact) <b>“in science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind—and this is one of them.”—arthur c. clarke</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <b>praise for <i>dragon’s egg</i></b><br /> <br /> “bob forward writes in the tradition of hal clement’s <i>mission of gravity</i> and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.”<b>—isaac asimov </b><br /> <br /> “<i>dragon’s egg</i> is superb. i couldn’t have written it; it required too much real physics.”<b>—larry niven </b><br /> <br /> “this is one for the real science-fiction fan.”<b>—frank herbert</b><br /> <br /> “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?”<b>—freeman j. dyson</b><br /> <br /> “forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.”<b>—<i>the washington post</i></b>