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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
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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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1990Author's notes say that 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!".
Rocheworld
Year Language Title
1986Translated by Edda Petri and Winfried Petri.
German Der Flug der Libelle
1986Translated by Jacques Polanis.
French Le vol de la libellule [as by Robert Forward (I)]
Year Title
1982 Rocheworld (Part 1 of 3)
1983 Rocheworld (Part 2 of 3)
1983 Rocheworld (Part 3 of 3)

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
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
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1982 1982-12-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1983 1983-01-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Ctein Checkmark
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1983 1983-02-00 ed. Stanley Schmidt Davis Publications  
$1.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Val Lakey , John Lakey Checkmark
The Flight of the Dragonfly 1984-04-00 Robert L. Forward Timescape Books 0-671-49939-4
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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. ISO code: USD
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 Checkmark
The Flight of the Dragonfly 1985-02-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-55937-0
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Checkmark
The Flight of the Dragonfly 1985-02-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-55937-0
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
[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 Checkmark
The Flight of the Dragonfly 1985-05-00 Robert L. Forward New English Library 0-450-05823-9
£2.25?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
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 Checkmark
Der Flug der Libelle 1986-01-00 Robert L. Forward
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24078)
3-404-24078-2
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
375+
[1]
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 Gerry Daly Checkmark
Le vol de la libellule 1986-02-00 Robert Forward (I) Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain) 2-221-04609-9
F92.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
335
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  
The Flight of the Dragonfly 1987-08-00 Robert L. Forward New English Library 0-450-05823-9
£2.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
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 Checkmark
Rocheworld 1990-04-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-69869-9
$4.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
470
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
Le vol de la libellule 1991-09-00 Robert Forward (I) Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7139) 2-253-05766-5   447
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 Manchu Checkmark
Rocheworld 1991-09-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-69869-9
$4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
470
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
Rocheworld 1993-09-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-69869-9
$5.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
470
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
Rocheworld 2001-06-00 Robert L. Forward Baen Books 0-671-69869-9
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
470
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 David Mattingly Checkmark
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