The ending of DRAGON'S EGG in the original draft sent to Ballantine/Del Rey was a long, rambling discussion on the future of intelligent life. how many are out and why are they so scarce? Also, do you ever think a single book will win the Nobel, Pulitzer, Hugo, Nebula, and Moebius prizes? Somehow, no matter how good a book it is would seem not to appeal to at least one of the judging groups! Also, how fast is long and short talk? Does the reference to acoustic waves mean "sound" speed? The speed of sound seems fantastically slow communication method to beings a million times faster than us. Forward: the book had to be special ordered. Are they the EM effects mentioned above? Or were they effects due to the high gravity (acceleration) at the surface? (I believe the distinction here is between the special and the general relativity effects). The only real mention I recall of strange optics were those at the poles, which were attributed to relativity. If this is correct, then the optics practiced on the DRAGON'S EGG must be far more complicated than were presented in the book. And the high Gauss EM field should make optical effects dependent upon the direction you are observing them. With a very high Gauss field, not to mention the dense atmosphere, would not there be some strange optical effects? The atmosphere should make for strange refraction patterns, similar to those on Venus, where the horizon curves UP into the sky. Show More scientific establishment! Actually, I thought that the alien characters were better drawn.īut there is a nit to pick, which I do not believe I have seem mentioned in SFL (*).
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