author : Hal Clement

Books

• Iceworld. 1953
• [The Ranger Boys in Space.] 1956
• Cycle of Fire. 1957
• Close to Critical. 1964
• Natives of Space. 1965
• Space Lash. 1969 == Small Changes
• Ocean on Top. 1973
• The Best of Hal Clement. 1979
• The Nitrogen Fix. 1980
• [Intuit.] 1987
• Still River. 1987
• Half Life. 1999
• Noise. 2003
• Isaac's Universe
1. Fossil. 1993
• Mesklin (Heavy Planet)
1. Mission of Gravity. 1954
2. Star Light. 1971
• Needle
1. Needle. 1950
2. Through the Eye of a Needle. 1978

Short works

• Impediment. 1942
  • In Natives of Space
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
• Technical Error. 1943
  • In Natives of Space
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
• "Trojan Fall". 1944. (In Space Lash )
• Uncommon Sense. 1945
  • In Space Lash
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
• Assumption Unjustified. 1946
  • In Natives of Space
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
• Answer. 1947. (In The Best of Hal Clement )
• Halo. 1952. (In Space Lash )
• Dust Rag. 1956
  • In Space Lash
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
  • In Where Do We Go From Here? 2
• Sun Spot. 1960. (In Space Lash )
• Hot Planet. 1963. (In Spectrum 4 )
• Raindrop. 1965. (In Space Lash )
• The Foundling Stars. 1966
  • In Space Lash
  • In The Second 'If' Reader
• The Mechanic. 1966. (In Space Lash )
• Bulge. 1968. (In The Best of Hal Clement )
• Fireproof. 1969. (In Space Lash )
• Proof. 1971. (In Where Do We Go From Here? 1 )
• Lecture Demonstration. 1973. (In The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology )
• Mistaken for Granted. 1974
  • In The Best of Hal Clement
  • In Worlds of If: January-February 1974
• The Logical Life. 1974. (In Stellar 1 )
• Question of Guilt. 1976. (In The Best of Hal Clement )
• Stuck With It. 1976
  • In Stellar 2
  • In The Best of Hal Clement

Other information

• Mercury -- WorldCon talk, 1995

Books : reviews

Hal Clement.
Close to Critical.
1964

(read but not reviewed)

Hal Clement.
Natives of Space.
Ballantine Books. 1965

(read but not reviewed)

Contents

• Assumption Unjustified. 1946

• Technical Error. 1943

• Impediment. 1942

Hal Clement.
Space Lash (== Small Changes) .
Dell. 1969

(read but not reviewed)

Contents

• The Foundling Stars. 1966

• Dust Rag. 1956

• Sun Spot. 1960

• Uncommon Sense. 1945

• "Trojan Fall". 1944

• Fireproof. 1969

• Halo. 1952

• Raindrop. 1965

• The Mechanic. 1966

Hal Clement.
The Best of Hal Clement.
1979

(read but not reviewed)

Contents

• Mistaken for Granted. 1974

• Dust Rag. 1956

• Uncommon Sense. 1945

• Stuck With It. 1976

• Impediment. 1942

• Technical Error. 1943

• Assumption Unjustified. 1946

• Answer. 1947

• Bulge. 1968

• Question of Guilt. 1976

Hal Clement.
Noise.
Tor. 2003

Kainui is one of a pair of double planets in a binary star system. Mike Hoani has come there to study the language of the colonists, to analyze its evolution in the years since settlement.

Kainui is an ocean planet. Although settled by Polynesians, it is anything but a tropical paradise. The ocean is 1,700 miles deep, with no solid ground anywhere. The population is scattered in cities on floating artificial islands with no fixed locations. The atmosphere isn’t breathable, and lightning, waterspouts, and tsunamis are constant. Out on the great planetary ocean, self-sufficiency is crucial, and far from any floating city, on a small working-family ship, anything can happen. There are, for instance, pirates. Mike’s academic research turns into an exotic nautical adventure unlike anything he could have imagined.

Hal Clement.
Mission of Gravity.
1954

(read but not reviewed)