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Rocheworld
Book 1 of the Rocheworld Series


Dr. Robert L. Forward

Rocheworld
 Powered by a revolutionary laser-driven stardrive, the first interstellar
spaceship would reach the double planet that circled Barnard's Star in a mere twenty years. Some of the
world's finest scientists were aboard 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.

Unlike so much "far out" science fiction this novel is based on solid scientific reasoning by a world-class
physicist. The weird intelligences ofRocheworld are imaginary, but we could start work on Forward's
laser-driven starprobe tomorrow.



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 additional50
thousand words -longer than most novels!-Robert Forward offers us the novel thatFlight of the
Dragonfly should have been: ROCHEWORLD! If you likedFlight of the Dragonfly you'll love
Rocheworld



Cover art by David Mattingly



This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any
resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.


First printing, April 1990

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York ,NY10020

Printed in theUnited States of America

ISBN: 0-671-69869-9
Copyright 1990 by Robert L. Forward

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.