the 1990 edition, and introduced new characters and settings. Reception Dave Langford reviewed The Flight of the Dragonfly for White Dwarf #68, and stated that "It's a shame that with all this seething behind his marble brow, Forward never put across the drama and visual excitement of the events he's calculated to the eleventh decimal place. As in much SF by scientists, the most interesting characters are the computers." 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 Review [French] by Roland C. Wagner (1986) in Fiction, #376 Review by Norm Hartman (1990) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1990 See also Barnard's star in fiction Roche lobe for an explanation of the underlying gravitational principle. Correspondence between Forward and Hans Moravec regarding the use of Moravec's bush robot in the novel. References External links 1984 American novels 1984 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Fiction set around Barnard's Star Fictional planets Novels set on fictional planets Space exploration novels Novels by Robert L. Forward Fiction set on ocean planets