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	Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward Powered by a revolutionary, laser-driven stardrive, the first interstellar spaceship would reach the double planet that circled Barnard's Star in a mere 20 years. Some of the world's finest scientists were aboard the ship--prepared for adventure, danger and the thrill of scientific discovery
	Return to Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward In Return to Rocheworld, the humans from Earth and their multiton jelly-blob alien friends, the "flouwen" from the ocean-covered lobe of the double-planet Rocheworld, fly to the desert-dry lobe of Rocheworld where they discover ancient ancestors of the flouwen, adapted to the harsh life on the dry lobe.
	Ocean Under the Ice by Robert L. Forward In Ocean Under the Ice, the human explorers of the Barnard Star system and their large, friendly, amoebae-like alien friends, the "flouwen," explore an Europa-like moon about the gas-giant Gargantua. They find two bizarre life forms, one living on the ice, and one living in the ocean under the ice, that are as different and yet as related as butterflies and caterpillars.
	Marooned on Eden by Robert L. Forward In Marooned on Eden, the human explorers of the Barnard Star System, along with their jelly-blob alien friends, the "flouwen," explore the moons of the gas-giant planet, Gargantua. They find an Earth-like moon and use their rocket landers to explore it further. The rocket crashes and they find themselves marooned for the rest of their lives on a veritable Eden.
	Rescued from Paradise by Robert L. Forward The fifth and apparently concluding volume of Rocheworld takes up the saga after the marooned expedition of 10 humans and 3 flouwen (i.e., aquatic sapients) has survived on the Rocheworld's habitable moon for a good many years. Now the second expedition from Earth, long in preparation, finally arrives, with strict orders to cart all humans back to their native planet. Problem is, Rocheworld humans feel they are already home and have no wish to leave. The ensuing conflict features plenty of action, much scientific ingenuity, and a good deal of wry wit. Forward and his various collaborators have always been well in the forefront among producers of readable hard sf, and this book continues their streak. Certainly no one who has followed the Rocheworld for four books will want to abandon it before finishing the fifth.