In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mindand this is one of them.Arthur C. Clarke In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeformsthe cheelaliving on Dragons 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 Dragons Egg Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clements Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.Isaac Asimov Dragons Egg is superb. I couldnt have written it it required too much real physics.Larry Niven This is one for the real sciencefiction 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

Binding: Paperback;354 pages; Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC; Classification: FL; Weight: 442 g; Dimensions: 144 x 215 x 32

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