The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter
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Language: English
Published by NESFA Press, Framingham, MA, 1999
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"FIRST EDITION, February 1999" on its copyright page. This book is in near fine condition, marred only by bumps on its spine ends. Its binding is tight and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright silver titles on its spine. Pages are unmarked and unworn. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in fine condition: whole, bright, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.
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- Title
- The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter
- Author
- Hal Clement
- Publisher
- NESFA Press, Framingham, MA
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 188677806X
- ISBN 13
- 9781886778061
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.94 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- SF & Fantasy Collections
Volume 1 contains three of the most important hard science fiction novels of Hal Clement—Needle, Iceworld, and Close to Critical. Needle—An alien detective is pursuing a fugitive when both crash-land on Earth. Cut off from home, the detective must track down the criminal and prevent damage to humans. But, how to do this when both law and outlaw are intelligent viruses? Iceworld—A high-school chemistry teacher is hired by a gang of interstellar narcotics smugglers to increase their profits. This drug comes from a bitterly cold and inhospitable planet, incapable of even being visited without massive life-support—Earth. Close to Critical—Tenebra is a planet near the triple point of water; small changes of temperature and pressure cause major phase changes. By accident, two children—one human, one non-human—are marooned, creating an interstellar political crisis. Their only hope lies with the Tenebrans themselves, but some may be hostile.
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About the Author
Hal Clement was the pseudonym of the exemplar of hard science fiction, Harry C. Stubbs. He created the pseudonym while working for his Master's degree in Astronomy at Harvard, fearing his professor would not want him to be "wasting" his time. He did not know that this same professor submitted science fiction to Hugo Gernsback's magazines. Hal's first published story was "Proof" which appeared in the June 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Then, as with many other SF writers, the War intervened. Following bomber combat duty in Europe with the Army Air Corps in World War II, Harry returned home, learned to drive a car, became a high-school chemistry teacher, and wrote Hugo-winning science fiction. Hal was a fixture at many SF conventions, where he always had time to talk to his fellow fans.
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