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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

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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, Jun 14 2004

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Blair Colquhoun (Saco, Maine USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon's Egg (Paperback)

I first read this back in 1984. It's a great book. It's about a team of scientists who go to a distant star to observe the
local inhabitants. The book begins with a native noticing that
his planet's sun is going to swallow his planet. Then it continues with the crew of the St. George, as they study the
natives who live on the star. They're like amoebas or paramecia. It's not life as we know it. These are life forms, that after all, live on a star. Dr. Forward, who'd worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the unmanned mission that dominated the 1980s___Voyager.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sci-Fi, Jun 6 2004

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Sarah Sammis "Avid BookCrosser" (Hayward, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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The opening bit of the Cheela's story is a tad slow and the ending, while providing perfect closer is also a tad hokey. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It reminded a great deal of The Listeners by James E. Gunn.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Probably Forward's best. . ., Oct 2 2003

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David Zampino "21st Century Hobbit" (Delavan, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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I've read quite a bit of Robert Forward's "hard" science fiction. It all began with this book.

Forward describes the conditions under which life might actually evolve on the surface of a neutron star -- and what that life might look like.

An extremely imaginative book which might be difficult for some who prefer more character development and less real science, but for those who wish to really have their minds stretched, this book is a good place to start.

Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon's Egg
As you'll read a plot synopsis and some specific puffs and pans of the author's writing abilities in the other reviews, I'll stick to what I have always found to be the most... Read more

Published on Oct 17 2001 by C Delfino

4.0 out of 5 stars A very worthy SF read!
Robert L. Forward has written an absolutely wonderful account of an alien life that simply has not been done as well as this in any other SF book I've read. Read more