тАЬIn science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mindтАФand this is one of them.тАЭтАФArthur C. Clarke
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In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeformsтАФthe cheelaтАФliving on DragonтАЩs 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 DragonтАЩs Egg
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тАЬBob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal ClementтАЩs Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.тАЭтАФIsaac Asimov
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тАЬDragonтАЩs Egg is superb. I couldnтАЩt have written it; it required too much real physics.тАЭтАФLarry Niven
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тАЬThis is one for the real science-fiction fan.тАЭтАФFrank Herbert
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тАЬRobert 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?тАЭтАФFreeman J. Dyson
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тАЬForward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.тАЭтАФThe Washington Post
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