Winner · Locus Awards 1981
Dragon's Egg
1980 novel by Robert L. Forward
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 . . .
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- hard science fiction
Locus Awards 1981
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