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Author: Hal Clement
Year: 1954
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 (and very flat) Mesklinites can help mankind discover them. The story of an epic journey by tiny creatures across a vast and dangerous world.
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Variant Titles:
- Unternehmen Schwerkraft [German] (1959) - Hal Clement
- Unternehmen Schwerkraft [German] (1968) - Hal Clement
- Een Zaak van Gewicht [Dutch] (1971) - Hal Clement
- Question de poids [French] (1971) - Hal Clement
- Az elveszett rakéta [Hungarian] (1978) - Hal Clement
- Unternehmen Schwerkraft [German] (1982) - Hal Clement
- Mission Gravité [French] (1982) - Hal Clement
- Stella doppia 61 Cygni [Italian] (1987) - Hal Clement
Serializations:
- Mission of Gravity (Part 1 of 4) (1953) - Hal Clement
- Mission of Gravity (Part 2 of 4) (1953) - Hal Clement
- Mission of Gravity (Part 3 of 4) (1953) - Hal Clement
- Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) (1953) - Hal Clement
- Stella Doppia 61 Cygni (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1954) - Hal Clement
Awards:
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Nomination | 1955 IFA | Fiction |
| 16 | 1975 Locus | All-Time Best Novel |
| 36 | 1987 Locus | All-Time Best SF Novel |
| 37 | 1998 Locus | All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 |
| 3 | 2004 Retro Hugo | Best Novel |
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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)
- 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