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MISSION OF GRAVITY
by Clement, Hal (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Some light off setting to end papers, inked $1 to upper corner of front free end papers, vertical crease to front free end paper
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First edition. Some light off setting to end papers, inked $1 to upper corner of front free end papers, vertical crease to front free end paper with the ink stamp "NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM EDITORIAL RECEPTION ROOM," mild foxing to upper page edges, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. (27939). Octavo, boards. Signed on the title page by Stubbs as "Hal Clement" and Harry C. Stubbs. "At the behest of human space-farers, flat centipede-like creatures set out on a heroic mission across the surface of the heavy planet Mesklin. Scrupulously thought out, this is one of the best-loved examples of hard SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 241. Runner-up for the 1955 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-260. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 15. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1424-28.
Synopsis
Mission of Gravity is a science fiction novel by Hal Clement. The title is a play on words, involving two uses of the word "Gravity," one meaning "Gravity, the force which pulls" and the other being ", extremely serious or important". The novel was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April–July 1953. Its first hardcover book publication was in 1954, and it was first published as a paperback book in 1958.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27939
- Title
- MISSION OF GRAVITY
- Author
- Clement, Hal (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Book Condition
- Used - Some light off setting to end papers, inked $1 to upper corner of front free end papers, vertical crease to front free end paper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Signed . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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