{"product_id":"dragons-egg-paperback","title":"Dragon's Egg - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert L. Forward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them.\"--Arthur C. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDragon's Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's \u003ci\u003eMission of Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.\"\u003cb\u003e--Isaac Asimov \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDragon's Egg\u003c\/i\u003e is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics.\"\u003cb\u003e--Larry Niven \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is one for the real science-fiction fan.\"\u003cb\u003e--Frank Herbert\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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?\"\u003cb\u003e--Freeman J. Dyson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert L. Forward\u003c\/b\u003e was a consulting scientist, future technologist, lecturer, and science fact and fiction writer. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eDragon's Egg \u003c\/i\u003eand its sequel, \u003ci\u003eStarquake, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as ten other science fiction novels, three works of science fact, and numerous popular science articles and short stories. He died in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.52 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 29, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494450102361,"sku":"9780345435293","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/lf0k1gSvWn9780345435293.webp?v=1783119457","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/dragons-egg-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}