Dragon's Egg / Starquake

by Robert L. Forward · 1994

Cheela series

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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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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thishard science fictionhard science fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
first contactfirst contactMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 535 pages

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