Title: Mission of Gravity
Title Record # 1511
Author: Hal Clement
Date: 1954-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Mesklin
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Hal Clement
Date: 1954-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Mesklin
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis:
The planet Mesklin is a vast cold inhospitable world, with a crushing gravity 700 times greater than Earth. Mesklin holds secrets of great value, and only the tiny Mesklinites can help mankind discover them.
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Current Tags: hard sf (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), high gravity (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1) Add Tags
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Reviews
- Review by The Editors (1954) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1954
- Review by Henry Bott (1954) in Imagination, August 1954
- Review by Groff Conklin (1954) in Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1954
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1954) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1954 , reprinted in:
- Astounding Science Fiction, March 1955 (UK), (1955)
- Review by Damon Knight (1954) in Future Science Fiction, October 1954
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1959) in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1959
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1963) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, April 1963
- Review by John Carnell (1964) in New Worlds Science Fiction, January
- Review by Mary H. Schaub (1969) in Locus, #42 November 21, 1969
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970
- Review [French] by Jacques Chambon (1971) in Fiction, #214
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1979) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1979
- Review by Eve Harvey (1980) in Matrix, #31
- Review by Lee Smith (1980) in Thrust, #14, Winter 1980
- Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
- Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1985)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1986)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1987)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1997)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (2014)
- Review by Ken Lake (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #68
- Review by uncredited (2000) in Vector 212
- Review by Peter Tennant (2000) in The Third Alternative #25, 2000
- Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
- Review by uncredited (2005) in Vector 244
- Review by A. C. Fellows (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
- Review by Scott Lynch (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
- Review by Tony Atkins (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
- Review by Manny Rayner (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1