Starquake
Robert L. Forward
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.
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- Year
- 2000
- ISBN-13
- 9780595167487
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- Alien civilization survivalNeutron star physicsHuman-alien contact
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1986)
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