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

ISBN: 034543529X

Author: Forward, Robert L.

Condition: New

In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind-and this is one of them.-Arthur C. ClarkeIn a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms-the cheela-living 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 EggBob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clements Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.-Isaac AsimovDragons Egg is superb. I couldnt have written it; it required too much real physics.-Larry NivenThis is one for the real science-fiction fan.-Frank HerbertRobert 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. DysonForward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.-The Washington Post