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“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.

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“Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement’s Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.”—Isaac Asimov

“Dragon’s Egg 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.”—The Washington Post

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16 Feb. 2011
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"Forward's book is a knockout. In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them!"
--ARTHUR C. CLARKE
"Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward."
--ISAAC ASIMOV
"Dragon's Egg 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
Author of Disturbing the Universe
"Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas."
--The Washington Post" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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d's book is a knockout. In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them"--Arthur C. Clarke --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004G8PJDA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Del Rey; Reprint edition (16 Feb. 2011)
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D. J. Goodes

A "tour de force" of the imagination.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2017

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I originally read this book when it was first published over thirty five years ago and have just re-read it. On both occasions I thought it was a fantastic work of imagination by the author - the idea of basically two-dimensional life evolving in a 67 billion gee gravitational field, where huge mountains are a few centimetres high and where technological advance is so rapid because so many generations of the Cheela live and die in such a short period of time (short, at least so far as humans are concerned). BRILLIANT BOOK!

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RGW

Excellent read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2018

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Really fascinating and enjoyable hard (and I do mean HARD) sci fi. I'm not an expert in any of the fields dealt with in this work so I don't know how plausible the science really is. But the author sure made it seem plausible.

The premise is very imaginative and the story of the development of the cheela civilization is really gripping. And the different speeds of human and cheela life gave the whole thing a bit of real poignancy.

All in all a very enjoyable and thought-provoking read.

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Connor Lynch

Super Creative!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2018

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A recommended read for scientists, such a good injection of perspective to make you rethink just how different alien life can be from that of humans. Although female characters are weirdly described in the way that male writers tend towards, and some writing at the start can seem a little amateurish, it's a great sci-fi book overall and doesn't drag it's feet much.

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Absolutely Awesome!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2012

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I read this book whilst studying Professor Alex Filippenko's Introduction to Astronomy 96 lecture course during which time he mentioned this book and recommended it to his students. I was pleased to see it available for the Kindle and so decided to purchase and download it.

What an awesome book! A huge star collapses in on itself and the resultant neutron star with something like 13 million times the density of Earth becomes the home to the Cheela, a race of creatures only about half a centimetre on size, more like little corpuscles with twelve sets of eyes and an ever increasing intelligence. The author describes the evolution of these creatures and tells of their life as they pray to a bright star they can see in the sky - a visiting spaceship from Earth. Read about the lives, struggles and triumphs and the Cheela live their lives (millions of times faster than humans live - I think an hour or two in human time was a whole generation of Cheela lives.) There was even a bit of the story of Christ thrown in as one Cheela lives and dies in a vary Christ-like way.

Fascinating read and one I would recommend any sci-fi fan to give a go.

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G. T. Kingston

The story of a world, in just a few days

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2011

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This is the surprisingly engaging story of the Chela, whose world is the surface of a neutron star, and who live lives vastly accelerated compared to human ones.

It takes them from hunter-gatherer beginnings through to a Roman-style society, and then into their contact with a human exploratory crew. This has large implications for their society, both religious and intellectual. By the end, their society evolves enormously and they are no longer the learners.

The evolution of the Chela through their various challenges is the key part of the book, focussing on individuals as well as the whole society, and their religious and scientific ideas are effectively and compassionately treated.

The human part of the story, although well done, is not of quite the same level, but it does convincingly describe the process of discovery, with all its blind alleys.

Overall, this is a thoroughly good work of Hard SF imagination.

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Pipistrel

Good science, great science fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2011

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This is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever written, set on the surface of a neutron star, where huge gravitational and electromagnetic forces squeeze matter into a state quite foreign to our experience. Unexpectedly, an exploration by orbiting astronauts establishes contact with life forms adapted to these extreme conditions. Being governed by processes that function far faster than chemical action, they evolve at great speed, moving from hunting and gathering to empire in the space of days, then going beyond the observing humans to new realms of knowledge. The science of this world is worked out in convincing detail so that the whole story is thoroughly believable. Highly recommended!

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Latenighter

PROPER SCI-FI, INTELLIGENT AND AMAZING.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2018

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Such an excellent book, something new and wonderful in the aliens line I think, and exciting how life started and develops on their neutron star. And nice that the people from Earth were pleasant ones, civilised and intelligent. Thank you Mr Forward.

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Meistersinger

Forward thinking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2020

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Fascinating, unique, simple, it adds to life in a meaningful and surprising way. I wish I could say that more often but am glad I could say it at all. Thank you Robert L. Forward!

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