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	{{About\|the Frederik Pohl novel\|the most distant known star\|List of most distant astronomical object record holders\|topics with similar titles\|Beyond the Farthest Star (disambiguation)}}
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	\| caption = 1st edition
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	\| release_date = 1975
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	\| pages = 246
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	'''''Farthest Star''''' is the first novel of the ] Series. The author is ], in collaboration with ]. It was published by ] in 1975,<ref>http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/frederik-pohl/farthest-star.htm</ref> as a ] of the 1973 novella "Doomship" and the 1974 serial "The Org's Egg".<ref>http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3512</ref>

	==Plot==
	Ben Charles Pertin, an engineer, is selected to be humanity's representative in a multi-race mission to reach "Object Lambada", a mysterious object traveling towards the galaxy at 1/6th lightspeed. Since the object is still approaching, Ben and the others are transported to the probeship Aurora by a matter duplication transporter. While the original goes on with his life, the duplicate (Ben James) and his Companion Doc Chimp, work with the rest of the beings to construct a faster drone to get a transporter in orbit of the object, racing against time as the ionizing radiation from the ship's fusion drive is slowly killing them. After a struggle, the drone is successfully launched, killing all on board.

	The drone performs as planned and an orbiting habitat called Cuckoo Station is constructed. A new duplicate arrives, Ben Linc.

	==References==
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	{{Frederik Pohl}}

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