The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Isaac Newton

Clement, Hal

ISBN 10: 1886778086 / ISBN 13: 9781886778085

Published by NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association), Framingham, 2000

About this Item

Framingham: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association):, 2000. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 465 pp. Cover artwork by: Richard McKenna An as new copy. The Mesklin novels: MISSION OF GRAVITY and STAR LIGHT, the shorter fiction that relates to Mesklin and an essay. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Isaac Newton
• Publisher: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association), Framingham
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886778086
• ISBN 13: 9781886778085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Richard McKenna
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Volume 3 contains the complete Mesklin writings of Hal Clement, including his superb novel Mission of Gravity.

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.