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Old 08-16-2017, 09:48 PM   #26284
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Originally Posted by Dngrsone View Post
Finished Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. A nice hard SF, though frankly, I couldn't wrap my head around the orbital dynamics that could keep the ship in a (stellasynchronous?) orbit above the East magnetic pole and yet still allow the residents on said ship to see the stars as stationary. Maybe I'm just too old to get it.
I read that when it came out and was impressed by the science, but thought that it too obviously replicated the form of earth civilizations. I understand that there was a sequel at some point, but haven't read it yet.
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