Clement’s later novels included females because people had pointed out to him that his novels had no females in them. To be fair, his work is not ardently sexist; it was just often focused on a group of scientists going to an alien planet to study the aliens ... and at the time Clement was writing, ...
Mission of Gravity was a fun, imaginative work that holds up well even though its sixty three years old. Obviously, because of the age, one has to be willing to make certain allowances for dated material. That happens, however, far less than you might think. Hal Clement did a great job of creating a...
Mission of Gravity is, I believe, the granddaddy of hard science fiction. It is often mentioned when discussions of hard sf come up. For some reason the label hard sf usually lead me to expect serious moody novels. For no good reason I tend to equate serious science with serious stories, imagine my ...
The story-line is about first contact with aliens. Barlenan with his ship Bree finds a new race living in a planet Mesklin. Here starts the adventure of Barlenan and his crew with Mesklinities. Barlenan is mainly a merchant and wants to know the knowledge of Mesklinities. At first they are reluctan...
You can read my review of the book here: http://www.thegenretraveler.com/sci-fi/travel-reads-visions-of-tomorrow/
Great principles to use as a foundation, but some of the perspectives and state of scientific knowledge are a bit dated.
After reading a couple of the stories, found that they weren't to my tastes, so moved on to other books that had to be read quickly because they were due back at the library. Nothing bad to say about this book, rather enjoyed the Foreword, just not enough time in the day to spend it forcing myself t...
I read this over the summer of 1998. It is a very comprehensive science fiction anthology. I think it makes a very good work if you want to get a historical overview of where the genre comes from and where it is going. The stories do vary in quality, so odds are good you may find some you like more ...
- Hello, this is Mesklin Advance calling Earth, do you read me?- Coming in loud and clear, MA! So what's up?- Well, we've got a little problem here now we've reached the transition point to the polar zone. Our boats -- Ah, let me see, is their cross-section an arc of a circle subtending an angle of ...
This was a feast and a treat for my inner science nerd. Scientists from earth have sent an enormously expensive probe to gather unique data from near the pole of a tremendously high gravity planet. They have high hopes that this data will help them solve a number of thorny scientific problems and ...
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