The Best of Hal Clement - Edited by Lester Del Rey - 1979 Ballantine Books Paperback - H.R. Van Dongen Cover

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Cover artist: H.R. Van Dongen

Blurb: “THE HARD-CORE SCIENCE OF HAL CLEMENT

THE SUPREME PRACTITIONER OF "HARD" SCIENCE FICTION, HAL CLEMENT COMBINES INGENIOUS PROBLEM-SOLVING WITH SUSPENSEFUL DRAMA AND ACTION. THESE TEN STORIES SHOW THE MASTERY OF SCIENCE AND FICTION THAT CLEMENT HAS DISPLAYED IN SUCH FAVORITES AS MISSION OF GRAVITY, ICEWORLD, AND NEEDLE.

  • UNCOMMON SENSE
    If your back's to the wall, even a deadly predator can be useful.
  • ANSWER
    "Know thyself" is great advice... if you don't follow it all the way.
  • QUESTION OF GUILT
    Was he a medical pioneer... or the first vampire?
  • DUST RAG
    They knew moondust could choke them or swallow them up...then they found something else deadly it could do.
  • IMPEDIMENT
    Mind-reading makes for perfect trust-as long as it works both ways!
  • AND LOTS MORE!”