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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1980 · Ballantine Books
345 pp · EN
9780345286468
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1981 · New English Library
308 pp · EN
9780450051975
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1981 · Ballantine Books
309 pp · EN
9780345316660
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1983 · Del Rey
EN
9780345316660
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2000 · Ballantine Pub. Group
345 pp · EN
9780345435293
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