“In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind—and this is one of them.”—Arthur C. Clarke
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.
Praise for
Dragon’s Egg
“Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement’s
Mission of Gravity
and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.”
—Isaac Asimov
“
is superb. I couldn’t have written it; it required too much real physics.”
—Larry Niven
“This is one for the real science-fiction 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.”
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The Washington Post