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Flight of the Dragonfly

Rocheworld series

Powered by a revolutionary laser-driven stardrive, the first interstellar expedition would reach the double planet circling Barnard's Star in a mere twenty years. Some of the world's finest scientists were abaord that ship, and they would arrive prepared for adventure, danger and - to them, most important of all - the thrill of scientific discovery. But what they would find, both in terms of danger and discovery, would surpass all their expectations.

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Publisher's note: Sometimes it takes a big book to bring life to a big concept; a much shorter, substantially different version of this novel was published in hardcover in 1982 (paperback from Baen), but that version was rushed to publication before the author was ready. Now, with an additional 50 thousand words - longer than most novels! - Robert Forward offers us the novel that Flight Of The Dragonfly should have been: Rocheworld! If you liked Flight of the Dragonfly you'll love Rocheworld.

Subject
science
Audience
adult
Length
long · 470 pages

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