Forward, Robert “Dragon’s Egg”


 

Brief review to be added of Robert Forward's novel “Dragon’s Egg” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK).

Considers the implications of evolution of intelligent life on the surface of a neutron star.

 

 

 

 

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

For discussion see the following:

 

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2002

Cohen, Jack and Stewart, Ian in their “Evolving the Alien” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98-99 (in Chapter 5), 236 (in Chapter 10) of the Ebury Press hardback edition.

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2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 108-109 (in the entry entitled “Dragon’s Egg”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Dragon’s Egg”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/Dragons.html

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1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 132 (in Chapter 4) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 260 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1991

Drake, Frank and Dava Sobel in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 173-174 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition.

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1980

Feinberg, Gerald and Shapiro, Robert in their “Life Beyond Earth” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 373, 375, 377 (in Chapter 11) of the Morrow hardback edition.

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1980

Goldsmith, Donald and Owen, Tobias in their “The Search for Life in the Universe” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 219-221(in Chapter 11) of the Benjamin Cummings softcover edition, at pages 242-244 (in Chapter 10) of the 1992 Addison Wesley softcover revised second edition.

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1998

Pickover, Clifford in his “The Science of Aliens” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90-92 (in Chapter 4), 152 (in Chapter 7) of the Basic Books hardback edition.

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Other Material