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Hal Clement

(1922–2003) Writer United States

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Hal Clement was a writer from the United States, best known for Mission of gravity.

Quick Facts About Hal Clement

Born: May 30, 1922
Died: October 29, 2003
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Mission of gravity
Spouse: Mary Stubbs

About Hal Clement

Harry Clement Stubbs, better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Quotes by Hal Clement

The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics,…

Aberration

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“[H]e was still young enough to think that there was something fundamentally inhuman about thinking more than one step ahead at a…

Naivete

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Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a…

Science

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Maybe we've been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.

Dwarfs

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Some things are to hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read.

Believe

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Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.

Believe

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Some things were too hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read.

Believe

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What's the use of a high school education if you can't recall it when needed later on?

Education

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No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can't see.

Likes

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