Title: The Flight of the Dragonfly
Title Record # 6776
Author: Robert L. Forward
Date: 1984-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rocheworld
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Robert L. Forward
Date: 1984-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Rocheworld
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: According to the author's notes, ''Rocheworld'' (1990) is based on his 1981 150,000 word manuscript. The Analog series was about 60,000 words of it. The Timescape 1984 edition of "Flight of the DragonFly" was about 100,000 words of it. The Baen 1985 edition of "Flight of the DragonFly" was about 110,000 words of it. The 1990 version is about 155,000 words and marked "At Last The Complete Story!".
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Including variants and translations: 8.25 (4 votes)
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Current Tags: hard sf (1), exploration (1), sub-light speed (1), near future (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 1983 Analog | Best Serial Novel or Novella |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1984-04-00 | Robert L. Forward | Timescape Books | 0-671-49939-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
319 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Gerry Daly | |
| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1984-04-00 | Robert L. Forward | Timescape Books | 0-671-49944-0 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
319 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Gerry Daly |  |
| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1985-02-00 | Robert L. Forward | Baen | 0-671-55937-0 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
376 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Bob Eggleton | |
| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1985-02-00 | Robert L. Forward | Baen | 0-671-55937-0 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
[6]+ 376 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Bob Eggleton | |
| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1985-05-00 | Robert L. Forward | New English Library | 0-450-05823-9 | £2.25?£: UK pound |
318 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
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| The Flight of the Dragonfly | 1987-08-00 | Robert L. Forward | New English Library | 0-450-05823-9 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
318 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
Reviews
- Review by Dan Chow (1984) in Locus, #277 February 1984
- Review by Russell Letson (1984) in Fantasy Review, August 1984
- Review by Robert Coulson (1985) in Amazing Stories, March 1985
- Review by Roland J. Green (1985) in Far Frontiers, Volume III/Fall 1985 , reprinted in:
- Far Frontiers, Volume III/Fall 1985 (1985)
- Review [French] by Roland C. Wagner (1986) in Fiction, #376
- Review by Norm Hartman (1990) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1990