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Mission of Gravity is a science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement.The novel was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April–July 1953. Its first hardcover book publication was in 1954, and it was first published as a paperback book in 1958.
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Harry Clement Stubbs was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 30, 1922.. He went to Harvard, graduating with a B.S. in astronomy in 1943. While there he wrote his first published story, "Proof", which appeared in the June 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, edited by John W. Campbell; three more appeared in later 1942 numbers. [6]
Mesklin is a fictional planet created by Hal Clement and used in a number of his hard science fiction stories, starting with Mission of Gravity (1954). Alongside the novel's original 1953 serialization in Astounding Science Fiction, Clement published an essay titled "Whirligig World" detailing the process of designing the planet to have the properties he wanted.
In 1953, Campbell serialized Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity, described by John Clute and David Langford as "one of the best-loved novels in sf", [65] and in 1954 Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" appeared.
SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by UK-based company Orion Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Hachette UK.The series is intended for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette Book Group.
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Under by Hal Clement (the sequel to Mission of Gravity) Under Strange Suns by Ken Lizzi; Under the Green Star by Lin Carter; The Universe Maker by A. E. van Vogt; Hans Phaall: A Tale (also known as The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall) by Edgar Allan Poe; Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel; Unveiling a Parallel by Alice Ilgenfritz ...