Dragon's Egg
Author: Forward, Robert L.
ISBN: 9780345435293
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 29 Feb 2000
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
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>
ISBN: 9780345435293
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 29 Feb 2000
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
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>
