Hal Clement

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Hal Clement

(Harry Clement Stubbs)

(1922 - 2003)

About Hal Clement

Hal Clement was born in 1922, graduated from Harvard and holds degrees in astronomy, chemistry and education. A former B-24 pilot, he has worked for mostof his life as a high-school science teacher. He gained his reputation as an SF writer in Astounding, and Mission of Gravity first appeared there in 1953.

Series

Needle
1. Needle (1950)
aka From Outer Space
2. Through the Eye of a Needle (1978)

Mesklinite
1. Mission of Gravity (1954)
2. Close to Critical (1964)
3. Starlight (1971)

Novels

Iceworld (1953)
The Ranger Boys in Space (1956)
Cycle of Fire (1957)
Ocean On Top (1973)
The Nitrogen Fix (1980)
Still River (1987)
Fossil: Isaac's Universe (1993)
Half Life (1999)
Noise (2003)

Omnibus

Moon is Hell / Green World (2012) (with John W Campbell)

Collections

Natives of Space (1965)
Small Changes (1969)
aka Space Lash
The Best of Hal Clement (1979)
Intuit (1987)
The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton (1997)
The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter (1998)
The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres: The Selected Short Science Fiction and Articles of Hal Clement (1999)
Heavy Planet (2002)

Novellas

Hot Planet (2009)
The Green World (2010)

Anthologies edited

First Flights to the Moon (1970)

Non fiction

Some Notes on Xi Bootes (1960)
Left of Africa (1976)

Anthologies containing stories by Hal Clement

Short stories

	Proof (1942)
	Uncommon Sense (1945)
	Hot Planet (1963)
	Lecture Demonstration (1973)
	Seasoning (1978)
	Options (1998)
	Exchange Rate (1999)
	Cold Front

Awards

Hugo Best Novel nominee (1971) : Starlight

Books about Hal Clement

Hal Clement (1982) by Donald M Hassler
A Hal Clement Checklist (1996) by Chris Drumm