Dragon's Egg

Author: Robert L. Forward
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307779300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363

Book Description
“In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind—and this is one of them.”—Arthur C. Clarke 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. Praise for Dragon’s Egg “Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement’s Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward.”—Isaac Asimov “Dragon’s Egg is superb. I couldn’t have written it; it required too much real physics.”—Larry Niven “This is one for the real science-fiction fan.”—Frank Herbert “Robert L. Forward tells a good story and asks a profound question. If we run into a race of creatures who live a hundred years while we live an hour, what can they say to us or we to them?”—Freeman J. Dyson “Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas.”—The Washington Post

Dragon's Egg

Author: Sarah L. Thomson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061995886
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
It is a rare talent, and only she can care for the Inn's herd. She feeds them, gathers their eggs, and tends to their injuries. But Mella dreams about the dragons of legend, even though hardly anyone believes they still exist. Dragons are small farm animals, not huge fire-breathing monsters. Everyone knows that. Until one day changes everything. A Knight of the Order of Defenders arrives at the Inn. Signs of the mythical dragons have led him there, he says. Then a simple errand takes Mella through the forest, where she stumbles across a dragon's egg—and faces the true, terrifying dragon guarding it. On the spot, Mella vows to get the egg safely to the fabled Hatching Grounds. She must leave her home for the first time, and she finds an unlikely companion in the Defender's squire, Roger. For Mella and Roger, this one day is the beginning of an adventure. Where will it take them?

Dragons' Eggs Level 5 Upper-Intermediate with Audio CDs (3)

Author: J. M. Newsome
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521179041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities.

Starquake

Author: Robert L. Forward
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595167487
Category : Human-alien encounters
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Starquake, the sequel to Dragon’s Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native “cheela”, the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.

Dragon's Extraordinary Egg

Author: Debi Gliori
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802737595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
A dragon finds an abandoned egg and lovingly raises the hatchling as her own, although Little One is very different from the baby dragons, and when disaster strikes it is the small, feathered hatchling that saves the day.

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Author: Bruce Coville
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152046149
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Celebrate Twenty Years of Magic!

The Dragon's Egg

Author: Alison Baird
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781443124447
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This perennial favourite is now available with a beautifully redesigned cover! On Ai Lien's birthday, her father gives her a stone from China. "It feels special," he tells her with a twinkle in his eye. "Perhaps it is a dragon's egg!" The stone is pretty, and Ai Lien places it on her dresser. She can hardly believe what happens next. In the middle of the night, the stone cracks and opens . . . and a baby dragon is born. He's not just any dragon, either. He's the son of the Dragon King of the Yangtze River - and he's magic. Soon, what's seemed like the worst year of Ai Lien's life becomes a time of adventure and wonder!

Egg of the Dragon

Author: Richard Fierce
Publisher: Dragonfire Press
ISBN: 1947329790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Some curses are the instruments of destiny. After saving Lord Klodian’s life, Mina is elevated above servanthood—but life isn’t as simple as she expected. Her last encounter with a dragon has her questioning everything she’s ever known, and now she’s determined to find the truth. Mina’s quest takes her into The Long Sands, where she comes face to face with her greatest enemy … and an unlikely ally. Egg of the Dragon is the second episode in the series Marked by the Dragon. Scale of the Dragon Egg of the Dragon Call of the Dragon (September 2021)

The Day of the Dragon Egg

Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481428268
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16

Book Description
One day, while skipping their lessons at the Academy, Fishlegs and Meatlug discover a strange, glowing, color-changing gem. Soon several more are discovered. But when Hiccup realizes that the gems are actually the eggs of the dangerous Changewing dragon, everyone must scramble to retrieve the eggs before they hatch and destroy Berk.

Raising Dragons

Author: Jerdine Nolen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152165369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
When a dragon hatches on her pa's farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it's not long before they see him as their daughter does--and welcome the baby dragon into their family. As it turns out, Hank is not cut out for farm life, but still, he warms the hearts of those around him and leaves a legacy that no one will ever forget.