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

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

â€œIn science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind-and this is one of them."-Arthur C. Clarke
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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.
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Praise for Dragon's Egg
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â€œBob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward."-Isaac Asimov
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â€œDragon's Egg is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics."-Larry Niven
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â€œThis is one for the real science-fiction fan."-Frank Herbert
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â€œRobert 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
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â€œForward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas."-The Washington Post
Country USA
Brand Del Rey
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2000-02-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345435293

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