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I love these books (Dragon's Egg and Starquake). Robert Forward isn't great with the human characters, but they're only in a handful of scenes. He really brings

by Zanni 8y ago

I love these books (Dragon's Egg and Starquake). Robert Forward isn't great with the human characters, but they're only in a handful of scenes. He really brings the cheela to life, and the speculative physics is outstanding.

arethuza 8y ago
I remember some wit commenting that the strangest aliens in science fiction were the human characters in a Robert Forward novel...
JackFr 8y ago
Despite the clunkiness of the writing, I really enjoyed Dragon's Egg. One aspect I thought was fascinating was how they solved the problem of getting a probe (relatively) close to the the neutron star without it being torn apart by tidal forces.