{"product_id":"dragons-egg","title":"Dragons Egg","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDragon’s Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is one for the real science-fiction fan.”\u003cb\u003e—Frank Herbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307740864894,"sku":"NW9780345435293","price":13.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780345435293.jpg?v=1778649200","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/dragons-egg","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}