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{{Short description|American author and artist (1922–2003)}}
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|name        = Hal Clement
|image       = 14th WSFS 008 - Hal Clement.jpg
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|pseudonym   = George Richard (as artist)
|birth_name  = Harry Clement Stubbs
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1922|5|30}}<ref name=rosetta/>
|birth_place = [[Somerville, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2003|10|29|1922|5|30}}
|death_place = [[Milton, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|occupation  = {{flatlist|
* Novelist
* military pilot
* science teacher
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|education   = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Boston University]] ([[Master of Education|MEd]])<br>[[Simmons University|Simmons College]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
|period      = 1942–2003 <!--ISFDB lists novel, short fiction, and essay new in 2003--> 
|genre       = [[Science fiction]]
|movement    = [[Hard science fiction]]
|notableworks = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Mission of Gravity]]''
* "[[Uncommon Sense]]"
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'''Harry Clement Stubbs''' (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Hal Clement''', was an [[American people|American]] [[science fiction]] writer and a leader of the [[hard science fiction]] subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name '''George Richard'''.<ref name=long/>

In 1998, Clement was inducted into the [[EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame|Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame]].<ref name=sfhof-old/>{{efn|name=hof}} He was named the 17th [[SFWA Grand Master]] by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 1999.<ref name=SFWA/><ref name=SFAwards/>

==Biography==
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Harry Clement Stubbs was born in [[Somerville, Massachusetts]], on May 30, 1922.

He went to [[Harvard University|Harvard]], graduating with a B.S. in [[astronomy]] in 1943.  While there he wrote his first published story, "Proof", which appeared in the June 1942 issue of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', edited by [[John W. Campbell]]; three more appeared in later 1942 numbers.<ref name=isfdb/> His further educational background includes an M.Ed. ([[Boston University]] 1946) and M.S. in [[chemistry]] ([[Simmons College (Massachusetts)|Simmons College]] 1963).

During [[World War II]] Clement was a pilot and copilot of a [[B-24 Liberator]] and flew 35 combat missions over Europe with the 68th Bomb Squadron, [[44th Operations Group|44th Bomb Group]], based in England with [[Eighth Air Force|8th Air Force]]. After the war, he served in the [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Force Reserve Command|Reserve]], and retired with the rank of colonel. He taught chemistry and astronomy for many years at [[Milton Academy]] in [[Milton, Massachusetts]].

From 1949 to 1953, Clement's first three novels were two-, three-, and four-part ''Astounding'' serials under Campbell: ''[[Needle (novel)|Needle]]'' (Doubleday, 1950), ''[[Iceworld]]'' (Gnome Press, 1953), and ''[[Mission of Gravity]]'' (1954), his best-known novel, published by Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club (established 1953).<!-- latter source is ISFDB wiki --> The latter novel features a land and sea expedition across the [[supergiant planet|superjovian]] planet [[Mesklin]] to recover a stranded scientific probe. The natives of Mesklin are [[centipede]]-like intelligent beings about 50 centimeters long. Various episodes hinge on the fact that Mesklin's fast rotational speed causes it to be considerably deformed from the spherical, with effective surface gravity that varies from approximately 3 ''[[g-force|''g'']]''<sub>n</sub> at the equator to approximately 700 ''g''<sub>n</sub> at the poles.

Clement's article "Whirligig World" describes his approach to writing a science fiction story:

<blockquote>Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work. ... the fun ... lies in treating the whole thing as a game.... [T]he rules must be quite simple.  They are; for the reader of a science-fiction story, they consist of finding as many as possible of the author's statements or implications which conflict with the facts as science currently understands them.  For the author, the rule is to make as few such slips as he possibly can... Certain exceptions are made [e.g., to allow travel faster than the speed of light], but fair play demands that all such matters be mentioned as early as possible in the story...</blockquote>

Clement was a frequent guest at science fiction conventions, especially in the eastern United States, where he usually presented talks and slide shows about writing and astronomy.

Clement died in his sleep in Massachusetts at the [[Milton Hospital]] on October 29, 2003, at age 81.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clute|first=John|date=31 October 2003|title=Hal Clement: Writer From the Golden Age of Science Fiction|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hal-clement-37380.html|access-date=13 March 2021|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==

Clement has been honored several times for his cumulative contributions including 1998 Hall of Fame induction, when Clement and [[Frederik Pohl]] were the fifth and sixth living persons{{efn|name=hof|As living inductees Clement and [[Frederik Pohl]] were preceded in the Hall of Fame by [[A. E. van Vogt]] and [[Jack Williamson]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Andre Norton]].<ref name=sfhof-old/>}} honored, and the 1999 SFWA Grand Master Award.<ref name=sfhof-old/><ref name=SFWA/><ref name=SFAwards/>

For the 1945 short story "[[Uncommon Sense]]" he received a 50-year [[Retro Hugo Award]] at the 1996 [[World Science Fiction Convention]]. ''Mission of Gravity'', first published as a serial during 1953, was named best foreign novel by the Spanish Science Fiction Association in 1994 and it was a finalist for a 50-year Retro Hugo Award in 2004.<ref name=SFAwards/>

The [[Golden Duck Award#Hal Clement Award|Hal Clement Award for Young Adults for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature]] was presented in Clement's name from 1992 to 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080525140915/http://www.goldenduck.org/guidelines.php "Submission Guidelines"]. Golden Duck Awards (goldenduck.org). Archived 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2014-08-14.</ref>

[[Wayne Barlowe]] illustrated two of Clement's fictional species, the Abyormenites and the Mesklinites, in his ''[[Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials]]''.

==Short stories, novelettes and novellas==
[[File:Satellite science fiction 195702.jpg|thumb|right|Editor [[Sam Merwin Jr.]] added 10,000 words to Clement's novella "Planetfall" for its publication in the February 1957 issue of ''[[Satellite Science Fiction]]'' as "Planet for Plunder".]]
[[File:Galaxy 196308.jpg|thumb|right|Clement's short story "Hot Planet" took the cover of the August 1963 issue of ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]''.]]
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*"Proof" (June 1942). Short story. Published in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction|Astounding]]''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[[Possible Worlds of Science Fiction]]'' (1951), ''SF: Author's Choice 2'' (1970), ''Where Do We Go From Here?'' (1971), ''The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)'' (1980), ''First Voyages'' (1981), ''The Golden Years of Science Fiction (Second Series)'' (1983), ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t160.htm#A9163 Encounters]'' (1988),  ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t562.htm#A28881 Ascent of Wonder]'' (1994) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t45.htm#A2125 Wondrous Beginnings]'' (2003).
*''Impediment'' (August 1942). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*''Avenue of Escape'' (November 1942). Published in ''Astounding's'' series Probability Zero. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Attitude" (September 1943). Novella. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''Travellers of Space'' (1951).
*Technical Error" (January 1944). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Trojan Fall" (June 1944). Short story. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes''.
*"[[Uncommon Sense]]" (September 1945). His most famous short story. Part of the Laird Cunningham Series. [[Hugo Award]] for Best Short Story of 1945. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Intuit'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t32.htm#A693 The Old Masters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630190358/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t32.htm#A693 |date=2015-06-30 }}'' (1970),  ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t159.htm#A3308 Out of This World 10] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004206/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t159.htm#A3308 |date=2015-03-09 }}'' (1973) and ''Nebula Awards Showcase 2000'' (2000).
*"Cold Front" (July  1946). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''Men Against the Stars'' (1950, 1956) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t291.htm#A16512 Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 2]'' (1990).
*''Assumption Unjustified'' (October 1946). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t27.htm#A602 Crossroads in Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819070855/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t27.htm#A602 |date=2014-08-19 }}'' (1953).
*"Answer" (April 1947). Short story. Published in ''Astounding SF''. Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''Science Fiction Thinking Machines'' (1954).
*"Fireproof" (March 1949). Short story. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''Decade of the 1940s'' (1975) and ''Combat SF'' (1981).
*"Halo" (October 1952). Novelette. Published in ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1691 Shadow of Tomorrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311134236/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1691 |date=2015-03-11 }}'' (1953).
*"Critical Factor" (1953). Short story not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1695 Star Science Fiction Stories #2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311134236/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1695 |date=2015-03-11 }}'' (1953). Collected in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?440905 Titan 4]'' (1977) and ''The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to here'' (1979).
*"Ground" (December 1953). Short story not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[Science Fiction Adventures (1952 magazine)|Science Fiction Adventures]]''.
*"Dust Rag" (September 1956). Short story. Published in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction|Astounding]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Where Do We Go From Here?'' (1971) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2001/t36.htm#A1720 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy]'' (2001).
*"Planet for Plunder" (February 1957). Published in ''Satellite SF'' jointly with Sam Merwin Jr. A previous version of "Planetfall". Collected in ''Men of the Morning Star/Planet for Plunder''.
*"The Lunar Lichen" (February 1960). Novelette not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Future Science Fiction''. Collected in ''The Time Trap/The Lunar Lichen''.
*"Sun Spot" (November 1960). Short story. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t65.htm#A3397 Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 4: Comets]'' (1986) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t92.htm#A5249 Analog’s Expanding Universe]''
*"[https://archive.org/stream/1963-05_IF_modified#page/n5/mode/2up The Green World]" (May 1963). Novella not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[If (magazine)|If]]''. Collected in ''The Moon is Hell!/The Green World''.
*"[https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v21n06_1963-08#page/n3/mode/1up Hot Planet]" (August 1963). Novelette not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Galaxy''. Collected in ''The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF'' (1964), ''Spectrum 4'' (1965), ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t77.htm#A1680 The Eighth Galaxy Reader] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616112231/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t77.htm#A1680 |date=2011-06-16 }}'' (1965), ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t426.htm#A22965 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories #25 (1963)]'' (1992) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t776.htm#A38273 Science Fiction Century]'' (1997).
*"Raindrop" (May 1965). Novelette. Published in ''[[If (magazine)|If]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t65.htm#A3397 Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 4: Comets]''.
*"The Foundling Stars" (August 1966). Short story. Published in ''If''. Collected in ''Small Changes'' and ''The Second If Reader of Science Fiction'' (1968).
*"The Mechanic" (September 1966). Novelette. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t19.htm#A1094 Analog: Writers’ Choice, Volume II]'' (1984).
*"Bulge" (September 1968). Novelette. Published in ''If''. Collected in ''Small Changes'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*'"Planetfall" (1972). Original version of "Planet for Plunder" (1957). Published in ''Strange Tomorrows'' (1972). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"[[Lecture Demonstration]]" (1973). Short story from the Mesklin Series (of ''Mission of Gravity'' fame). Published in the book ''Astounding'' (1973). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3'', ''Heavy Planet'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t119.htm#A2552 Mission of Gravity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919021917/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t119.htm#A2552 |date=2015-09-19 }}'' (1978).
*"Mistaken for Granted" (January/February 1974). Novella. Published in ''Worlds of If''. Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]''.
*"The Logical Life" (1974). Second short story in the Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''Stellar #1'' (1974). Collected in ''Intuit'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Question of Guilt" (1976). Novelette. Published in ''The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV'' (1976). Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]''.
*"Stuck with It" (1976). Novelette innthe Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t33.htm#A718 Stellar #2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002133031/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t33.htm#A718 |date=2020-10-02 }}'' (1976). Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Intuit'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Longline" (1976). Novelette. Published in ''Faster than Light'' (1976). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Seasoning" (September/October 1978). Novelette set in Harlan Ellison's ''[[Medea: Harlan's World|Medea]]'' world. Not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''IASFM''. Collected in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t38.htm#A1961 Medea: Harlan's World]'' (1985) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t499.htm#A26144 Aliens and UFO's]'' (1993).
*"Status Symbol" (1987). Novelette, the last story in the Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''Intuit''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''.
*"Blot" (1989). Novelette about [[Robot series (Asimov)|Asimov's positronic robots]]. Not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t231.htm#A13370 Foundation's Friends]'' (1989).
*"Phases in Chaos'" (1991). Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t361.htm#A19859  Isaac’s Universe Volume Two: Phases in Chaos]''.
*"Eyeball Vectors" (1992). Novella not included in any of Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t439.htm#A23606 Isaac's Universe Volume 3: Unnatural Diplomacy]''.
*"Sortie" (spring/summer 1994). First part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Harsh Mistress''.
*"Settlement" (fall/winter 1994). Second part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of  Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[Absolute Magnitude (magazine)|Absolute Magnitude]]''.
*"Seismic Sidetrack" (spring 1995). Third part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''.
*"Simile" (summer 1995). Fourth and last part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''.
*"Oh, Natural" (spring 1998). Novelette not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. Collected in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?270234 Hal's Worlds: Stories and Essays in Memory of Hal Clement]''.
*Options" (1998). Short story not included in any of Clement's compilations to date. Published as Harry C. Stubbs in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?185009 Lamps on the Brow]''.
*"Exchange Rate" (winter 1999). Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. Collected in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/t13.htm#A553 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection]'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2002/t18.htm#A966 The Hard SF Renaissance]'' (2002).
*"Under" (January 2000). Short story, last story in the 'Mesklin series. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3'' and ''Heavy Planet''.
*"Office politics" (2003). Short story not included in any of  Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?216237 Readercon 15 Souvenir Book]'' (This may be an article and not a fiction story)
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==Books==
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* ''[[Needle (book)|Needle]]'' (1950), {{ISBN|0-380-00635-9}} (The first novel in the Needle series. Also published as ''From Outer Space''. Published as young adult fiction although it includes abstract hard science fiction.)
* ''[[Iceworld]]'' (1953), {{ISBN|0-345-25805-3}}
* ''[[Mission of Gravity]]'' (1954), {{ISBN|0-345-31622-3}} (first  book in the Mesklin series).
* ''The Ranger Boys in Space'' (1956) (for children)
* ''Cycle of Fire'' (1957), {{ISBN|0-345-24368-4}}
* ''[[Close to Critical]]'' (1958), {{ISBN|0-345-24508-3}} (part of the Mesklin series. Magazine publication in 1958, book in 1964)
* ''Natives of Space'' (1965), {{ISBN|0345219503}} (three novelettes)
* ''[[Small Changes]]'' (1969), {{ISBN|0709110006}} (collection of 9 short stories)
* ''[[Space Lash]]'' (1969), ISBN (reprint in paperback of ''Small Changes'')
* ''First Flights to the Moon'' (1970), ASIN B000BCHC4Y (anthology of short stories from others, edited by Hal Clement)
* ''[[Star Light]]'' (1971), {{ISBN|0-345-02361-7}} (part of the Mesklin series, sequel to ''Mission of Gravity''. It also shares some characters with ''Close to Critical'')
* ''Ocean on Top'' (1973), {{ISBN|1-4510-1057-5}} (magazine publications in 1967)
* ''Left of Africa'' (1976), {{ISBN|0936414014}} (historical novel for young adults, apparently limited to 750 copies<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/112317/hal-clement-harry-clement-stubbs/left-of-africa|title=LEFT OF AFRICA by Hal Clement, Harry Clement Stubbs on L. W. Currey, Inc}}</ref>)
* ''Through the Eye of a Needle'' (1978), {{ISBN|0-345-25850-9}} (the second and last novel in the Needle series)
* ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' (1979), {{ISBN|0345276892}} (collection of 10 short stories, including all of ''Natives of Space'' and two from ''Small Changes'': "Uncommon Sense" and "Dust Rag")
* ''[[The Nitrogen Fix]]'' (1980), {{ISBN|0-441-58116-1}}
* ''Intuit'' (1987), {{ISBN|0-915368-35-8}} (complete collection of the 4 Laird Cunningham stories, edition limited to 820 copies)
* ''Still River'' (1987), {{ISBN|0-345-32916-3}}
* ''[[Fossil (novel)|Fossil]]'' (1993), {{ISBN|0-88677-573-6}} (set in [[Isaac's Universe|Isaac Asimov's Universe]])
* ''Half Life'' (1999), {{ISBN|0-312-86920-7}} (Humanity is going extinct due to disease, scientists are sent to Titan in the faint hope of finding biochemical clues to a cure)
* ''[http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement1.htm The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020156/http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement1.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}'' (1999), {{ISBN|1-886778-06-X}} (collection of the novels ''Needle'', ''Iceworld'' and ''Close to Critical'')
* ''[http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement-2.htm The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020052/http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement-2.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}'' (2000), {{ISBN|1-886778-07-8}} (collection of 17 short stories, including most from ''Small Changes'' and from ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'')
* ''[http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement-3.html The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092741/http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Clement-3.html |date=2007-09-29 }}'' (2000), {{ISBN|1-886778-08-6}} (collection of all Mesklin stories except ''Close to Critical'': ''Mission of Gravity'', ''Star Light'', "Lecture Demonstration" and "Under"; also the how-to-write-science-fiction article "Whirligig World")
* ''Heavy Planet'' (2002), {{ISBN|0-7653-0368-X}} (reprint of ''The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3'')
* ''Noise'' (2003), {{ISBN|0-7653-0857-6}} (set on an ocean planet)
* ''Men of the Morning Star/Planet for Plunder'' (2011), {{ISBN|978-1-61287-018-2}} (two novellas, the first by Edmond Hamilton and the second by Hal Clement and Sam Merwin Jr.)
* ''The Moon is Hell!/The Green World'' (2012), {{ISBN|978-1-61287-087-8}} (two novellas, the first by John W. Campbell Jr. and the second by Hal Clement)
* ''The Time Trap/The Lunar Lichen'' (2013), {{ISBN|978-1-61287-142-4}} (two novellas, the first by Henry Kuttner and the second by Hal Clement)
* ''Hal Clement SF Gateway Omnibus'' (2014), {{ISBN|978-0575110151}} (collection of the novels ''Iceworld'', ''Cycle of Fire'' and ''Close to Critical'')
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===About Hal Clement===
* ''Starmont Readers Guide 11: Hal Clement'' (1982), {{ISBN|978-0893700423}}. Donald M. Hassler.
* ''Hal Clement, Scientist with a Mission: a Working Bibliography'' (1989), ASIN B0006OUUAU. Gordon Benson Jr.
* ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?270234 Hal's Worlds: Stories and Essays in Memory of Hal Clement]'' (2005), {{ISBN|978-0-8095-5073-9}}. Several authors.

==Articles and introductions==
* ''Probability Zero!'' (nov 1942). Published jointly with Malcolm Jameson, Harry Warner Jr., Dennis Tucker and P. Schuyler Miller in ''Astounding''. About ''Probability Zero'', Harry Harrison said in the John Campbell Memorial Anthology:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Series:Probability_Zero|title = Series:Probability Zero - ISFDB|website = isfdb.org}}</ref>
"In the early 1940s, in Astounding, there was a small department called Probability Zero! that ran short-short stories. Or items. Or lies. Things. These things were usually funny and always impossible - echoing the description of the title."
* ''Whirligig World'' (jun 1953). About how to write science fiction, and specifically, about how he wrote ''Mission of Gravity''. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3'', ''Heavy Planet'' and ''Mission of Gravity'' (1978).
* ''Some Notes on Xi Bootis''. Published by Advent Publishers.
* ''Gravity insufficient'' (nov 1961). Published in ''Analog Science Fact''.
* ''Chips on Distant Shoulders'' (1980). Published in ''The Future at War Vol. 3''.
* ''Basic Concepts: Astrophysics, Geology'' (1985). About Harlan Ellison's world ''Medea''. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t38.htm#A1961 Medea: Harlan's World]''.
* ''Second Thoughts'' (1985). About Harlan Ellison's world ''Medea'', jointly written with Poul Anderson, Thomas M. Disch, Larry Niven & Frederik Pohl. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t38.htm#A1961 Medea: Harlan's World]''.
* ''The Home System'' (oct 1986). Published in ''[[Aboriginal Science Fiction|Aboriginal]]''.
* ''Intuition: The Guide Who Needs Steering'' (1987). Published in ''Intuit''.
* ''The Magic Picture'' (1989). Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t219.htm#A12657  L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future v5]''.
* ''Whatever Happened to the Science in Science Fiction?'' (sep 1993). Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t545.htm#A28109 Science Fiction Age]''.
* ''Ardent Thuria, Chilly Cluros: Seeing, and Seeing From, Low Orbiting Satellites'' (1994). Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t610.htm#A31105 Mindsparks]''.
* ''Only Once'' (1994). Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t606.htm#A31042 Fractal]''.
* ''Will'' (1998). Introduction to ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t854.htm#A41733 First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster]''.
* ''Jack Williamson, especulator'' (1999). Introduction to ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t39.htm#A1969 The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume One: The Metal Man and Others]''.
* ''Alfred E. van Vogt'' (2003). Introduction to ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t50.htm#A2359 Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt]''.
* ''About Proof, of Course'' (2003). Introduction to ''Proof'' in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t45.htm#A2125 Wondrous Beginnings]''.

== See also ==
* {{Portal inline|Speculative fiction}}
* {{Portal inline|Biography}}
* [[Golden Age of Science Fiction]]

== Explanatory notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=rosetta>
{{cite web |url=http://www.rosettabooks.com/pages/author_72.html |title=Henry Clement Stubbs |access-date=2006-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720075827/http://www.rosettabooks.com/pages/author_72.html |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }}. Rosetta Books (rosettabooks.com). Archived 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2013-03-23.</ref>
<ref name=long>
[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2003/10/31/hal_clement_81_craftsman_of_sci_fi_novels/ "Hal Clement, 81, craftsman of sci fi novels"]. Tom Long. ''The Boston Globe''. October 31, 2003.</ref>
<ref name=isfdb>
{{ISFDB name |233}} (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-04-04.</ref>

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<ref name=sfhof-old>
[http://www.midamericon.org/halloffame/ "Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame"]. Mid American Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-23. This was the official website of the hall of fame to 2004.</ref>
<ref name=SFWA>
[https://nebulas.sfwa.org/grand-masters/hal-clement/ "SFWA Grand Master"]. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).</ref>
<ref name=SFAwards>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit28.html#966 "Clement, Hal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920035654/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit28.html#966 |date=2012-09-20 }}. ''The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index to Literary Nominees''. [[Locus Publications]]. Retrieved 2013-03-23.</ref>

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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{sfhof |928 |Hal Clement}}
* [https://grantvillegazette.com/wp/article/publish-370/ A Logic Named Clement]
* [http://www.philsp.com/articles/pastmasters_17.html Past Masters: A Logic Named Clement (or Open the Pod Bay Doors, Hal)] by Bud Webster at Galactic Central
* {{Librivox author |id=14785}}
* {{LCAuth|n81039778|Hal Clement|20|}} (under 'Clement, Hal' and 'Clement, Hal, 1922–' without '2003', previous page of browse report)
* [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clement_hal Hal Clement at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/ The Locus Magazine Index]

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