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Ask HN: What was the name of this Sci-Fi book?
In a discussion around 2 months ago in HN, related to alien life, there was a reference to a book. The book was about humans visiting an alien world, but humans and aliens moved at different speeds so they had challenges communicating. Sadly it is all I remember, but sounded like an interesting concept. Any idea which book this might have been?
- mindcrime 8y agoCould you be thinking of this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17392748 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17392748 ("The Dark Forest" by Liu Cixin) or maybe this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17391451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17391451 ("Aurora" by Kim Stanley Robinson) If not, I'd poke around some more looking for the reference in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842 or maybe this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17302924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17302924
- HarryHirsch 8y agoAre you thinking about Robert Forward's "Dragon's Egg"? The aliens live on the surface of a neutron star passing through the Solar System, and the "chemistry" on the surface of the neutron star is much faster than our chemistry, consequently the aliens' society evolves much quicker.
- meridion 8y agoThank you, that was the one!