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'''''Dragon's Egg''''' is a 1980 hard science fiction novel by [[Robert L. Forward]].
It is a first contact story about humans meeting the [[Starfish Aliens|Cheela]], a race of beings who live on the surface of a neutron star. Both races live at a different time frame - twenty-nine seconds for a human is the rough equivalent of a year for a Cheela. Was followed by a sequel, ''Starquake''.
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Notable as a hard science fiction story in that the science tends to be the focus.
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* [[Aliens Never Invented the Wheel]]: Wheels are never mentioned in the book: the Cheela use sleighs. While it's not explicitly stated, it's easy to surmise that, in the neutron star's extreme gravity, a technology where some part -- such as an axle -- needs to be lifted off the ground is not practical.
* [[Alternative Number System]]: The Cheela use base 12, since they have 12 eyes.
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