Product Description Return to Rocheworld is the first of four sequels to the science fiction novel Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward (Baen Books, New York, 1990). The other sequels that follow this one are: Ocean Under the Ice, Marooned on Eden, and Rescued from Paradise. 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. About the Author Dr. Robert L. Forward is a space scientist and businessman, lecturer, futurist and science fact and hard science fiction writer with eleven published books and over one hundred shorter pieces.Julie Forward Fuller, his daughter, has written two published science fiction novels and a fantasy novel.

A human space expedition meets an alien race that lives at thirty degrees above absolute zero, but the expedition does not know that the aliens reproduce via nuclear explosion and that the explosion is just about due.

Product Description 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. Reissue.

This volume includes all 11 short Science Fiction short fiction stories written and published by Dr. Robert L. Forward during his career. 

One of the reigning masters of SF today presents a futuristic adventure in the classic mode about a billionaire industrialist, who communicates with aliens, achieves interstellar flight, and explores far-flung worlds filled with high-tech wonders. "A happy romp through a range of ideas about the universe and what we can do in it".--Poul Anderson.**

Forward takes us to one of the giants of the solar system, the planet Saturn. Five intrepid humans are paid a billion dollars each to risk a voyage into the upper atmosphere of the ringed world in an attempt to convert atmospheric chemicals into fuel. The goal is to power interplanetary ships, and this fuel could be made cheaper there than anywhere else in the solar system once the initial setup is established. What no one anticipates are the huge flying creatures that live in the Saturnian skies, which the explorers name rukhs after the legendary giant flying creatures Sinbad the Sailor meets in the Arabian Nights. During an accident the ship lands upon a rukh's enormous back and becomes marooned, leading to one of the most bizarre and intriguing adventures in contemporary hard science fiction.

"Forward's book is a knockout. In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them"--Arthur C. ClarkeFrom the Paperback edition.

Terrans Go Home!The first interstellar expedition successfully reached Barnard's Star and its amazing double-planet - Rocheworld - and made contact with the flouwen, intelligent aquatic beings with a talent for higher mathematics and a love of surfing. The flouwen joined with the humans to explore the rest of Barnard's planets and moons. When a landing craft carrying ten humans and three flouwen crashlanded on a habitable moon - Eden - the team was marooned on Eden with no hope of rescue until decades later when a second expedition was scheduled from Earth.Not having another option, the marooned explorers settled down to make the moon their home, befriending the indigenous inhabitants, exploring, learning to live off the land, and, most important, raising families. They struggled to survive natural disasters and unexpected attacks from the sea. The years passed.A new generation grows up hearing of Earth and its technology as a dim legen, and thinking of Eden as their natural home.When the Second Expedition finally arrives, its leader announces that he has orders to rescue all the survivors. But twenty-five years have passed. Who of the original members of the expedition will survive to see Earth again, and what new sort of human now waits on Eden to be...Rescued From Paradise?

Starquake, the sequel to Dragons Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native cheela, the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.Review"...dazzling, beautifully worked-out scientific extrapolations...an adventure that's sure to please fans of 'hard' sf." -- Kirkus ReviewsAbout the AuthorDr. Robert L. Forward (www.whidbey.com/forward) is a space scientist and businessman, lecturer, futurist and science fact and hard science fiction writer with eleven published books and over one hundred shorter pieces.

Welcomed as a hero after he successfully defeats Mars's Russian invaders, General Alexander Armstrong lets the adoration turn him into a power-hungry demagogue, and it is up to his twin brother, Gus, now Governor of Mars, to stop him. 

Ocean Under the Ice is the second of four sequels to the science fiction novel Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward (Baen Books, New York, 1990). The other sequels are: Return to Rocheworld, Marooned on Eden, and Rescued from Paradise. 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.