The Essential Hal Clement: Volume 3: Variations on a Theme By Sir Isaac Newton The Mesklin Stories

Clement, Hal (Harry Stubbs) ; Olson, Mark L and Lewis, Anthony R (editors)

ISBN 10: 1886778086 / ISBN 13: 9781886778085

Published by NESFA Press, Framingham, MA, 2000

About this Item

Richard McKenna. First Edition. 465 pages. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Tan pictorial dj. A bright clean copy which is a touch dusty. Cloth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Hal Clement: Volume 3: Variations on a Theme By Sir Isaac Newton The Mesklin Stories
• Publisher: NESFA Press, Framingham, MA
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1886778086
• ISBN 13: 9781886778085
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Richard McKenna
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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.