Re: planets
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 14:03 |
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> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:01:35 +0100
> From: "Grandsire, C.A." <grandsir@...>
> I read a sci-fi book that described in a very plausible way
> a sentient lifeform living on the surface of a pulsar. The writer
> had a scientific background, but I don't remember who he was.
Forward, Robert L.: Dragon's Egg ; New York: Del Rey, 1980
The prime heir of Asimov in the genre of 'great science, cardboard
people.' However, I hear tell that 'Starquake' (the sequel) is not
quite that bad in this respect.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)