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Hal Clement

(Harry Clement Stubbs)

(1922 - 2003)

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.

Genres: Science Fiction

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)
   Half Life (1999)
   Noise (2003)

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 (1997)
   The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1 (1999)
   The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2 (2000)
   Heavy Planet (2002)

Anthologies edited

First Flights to the Moon (1970)

Novellas and Short Stories

Hot Planet (2009)
The Green World (2010)

Non fiction

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

Omnibus editions

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

Series contributed to

Isaac's Universe
1. Fossil (1993)

Anthologies containing stories by Hal Clement

Men against the Stars (1950)
Out of This World 10 (1959)
Spectrum 4 (1965)
Astounding (1973)
aka The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology
The Great SF Stories 4 (1980)
Aliens and UFO's (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
Explorers (2000)
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)

Short stories

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