Mission of Gravity

Hal Clement

ISBN 10: 0345316223 / ISBN 13: 9780345316226

Published by Del Rey June 1984, 1984

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Later cover with green titling; Minor shelfwear to covers with yellowing to verso and original price tag on front, book block lightly yellowed, pages otherwise clean and square, binding tight with no spine creases.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mission of Gravity
• Publisher: Del Rey June 1984
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345316223
• ISBN 13: 9780345316226
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Collectibles - Paperbacks

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Synopsis

For a profit -- and adventure -- Barlennan would sail thousands of miles across uncharted waters, into regions where gravity itself played strange tricks. He would dare the perils of strange tribes and stranger creatures -- even dicker with those strange aliens from beyond the skies, though the concept of another world was unknown to the inhabitants of the disk-shaped planet of Mesklin.
But in spite of the incredible technology of the strangers and without regard for their enormous size, Barlennan had the notion of turning the deal to an unsuspected advantage for himself . . . all in all a considerable enterprise for a being very much resembling a fifteen-inch caterpillar!
This book also contains Hal Clement's classic article "Whiligig World."

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-- and adventure -- Barlennan would sail thousands of miles across uncharted waters, into regions where gravity itself played strange tricks. He would dare the perils of strange tribes and stranger creatures -- even dicker with those strange aliens from beyond the skies, though the concept of another world was unknown to the inhabitants of the disk-shaped planet of Mesklin.<br>But in spite of the incredible technology of the strangers and without regard for their enormous size, Barlennan had the notion of turning the deal to an unsuspected advantage for himself . . . all in all a considerable enterprise for a being very much resembling a fifteen-inch caterpillar!<br>This book also contains Hal Clement's classic article "Whiligig World."