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Robert L. Forward (1932-2002) was better known as a physicist than a novelist. He worked on such science-fictionally hip projects as gravitational waves and the technology for spacecraft tethers. His first novel, Dragon’s Egg (1980), was inspired by Hal clement’s Mission of Gravity (1953), in which the crew of a human spacecraft interacts with a species on a high-gravity planet. In Dragon’s Egg, a human crew studies a fast-evolving species on the surface of a neutron star.
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I can't remember exactly when I read Dragon's Egg, but it was surely in the early 80s, not long after it was published. I enjoyed it immensely and it has always been on my mental list of best books.
I followed Dragon's Egg with another of Forward's Books - I have absolutely no recollection of its title - and was quite disappointed.
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I followed Dragon's Egg with another of Forward's Books - I have absolutely no recollection of its title - and was quite disappointed.
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