Publications

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Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition by William Contento

KEY to Abbreviations:

[A] == Anthology of Short Stories by Others (edited by)
aka == also known as
[C] == Collection of Own Short Stories
[N] == Novel
[ss] == Short Story
[nv] == novelette
[ar] == article

A Trio for Analog? Here authors Hal Clement and Ramona Louise Wheeler (Have Starship, Will Travel, Starship For Hire, Nanosity -- Wildside Press 2001, Walk Like an Egyptian -- Allison Press 2000, "Backfire" -- Analog Jan '99, "That Sleeper in the Heart" -- Analog Oct '99, "Upgrade" -- Analog Mar '99, "The Flavor of Fire" -- Analog Sep '98) are sitting in a tree in the backyard of Sherry Briggs ("The Artifact" -- Analog: May '97, "Fat Power" -- Analog: December '95) !

Books:

1953 [N] Iceworld
1956 [JN] The Ranger Boys in Space
1957 [N] Cycle of Fire
1960 Some Notes on Xi Bootes [non-fiction]
1965 [C] Natives of Space
1969 [C] Small Changes [aka Space Lash] Doubleday LCC# 69-13647
1970 [A] First Flights to the Moon
1973 [N] Ocean On Top
1976 [N] Left of Africa [non-fiction, young adult]
1979 [C] The Best of Hal Clement
1980 [N] The Nitrogen Fix
1987 [C] Intuit [a limited edition of 820 copies]
1987 [N] Still River
1993 [N] Fossil: Isaac's Universe
1999 [N] Half Life
1999 [C] The Essential Hal Clement Volume I: Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter
2000 [C] The Essential Hal Clement Volume II: Music of Many Spheres
2001 [C] The Essential Hal Clement Volume III: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton: The Mesklin Writings of Hal Clement

The Needle Series

• 1950 [N] Needle [aka From Outer Space]
  1978 [N] Through the Eye of a Needle

   

  The Mesklinite Series

  
  1954 [N] Mission of Gravity
  1958 [N] Close to Critical
  1971 [N] Star Light
  1973 [ss] "Lecture Demonstration"
  1999 [ss] TBA

Stories:

"Answer", (ss) Astounding Apr '47 in:

Science Fiction Thinking Machines, ed. Groff Conklin, Vanguard, 1954
The Best of Hal Clement, Ballantine, 1979

"Assumption Unjustified", (nv) Astounding Oct '46 in:

Crossroads in Time, ed. Groff Conklin, Perma Books, 1953
Natives of Space, Ballantine, 1965
The Best of Hal Clement, Ballantine, 1979

"Attitude", (nv) Astounding Sep '43 in:

Travellers of Space, ed. Martin Greenberg, Gnome, 1951

"Bulge", (nv) If Sep '68 in:

The Best of Hal Clement, Ballantine, 1979

"Chips on Distant Shoulders", (ar) The Future At War Vol. 3, ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace, 1980

Cold Front, (nv) Astounding Jul '46 in:

Men Against the Stars, ed. Martin Greenberg, Gnome, 1950
Men Against the Stars, ed. Martin Greenberg, Pyramid, 1956

"Lecture Demonstration" Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology ed. Harry Harrison. Random House, 1973.
Paperback by Ballantine Books, December, 1974.

Detail of Collections:

*The Best of Hal Clement (Ballantine, Jun '79, pb) Edited by Lester del Rey.

• Hal Clement: Rationalist by Lester del Rey
  
• Impediment - (nv) Astounding Aug '42
  
• Technical Error - (nv) Astounding Jan '44
  
• Uncommon Sense - (ss) Astounding Sep '45 (you can read this now)
  
• Assumption Unjustified - (nv) Astounding Oct '46
  
• Answer - (ss) Astounding Apr '47
  
• Dust Rag - (ss) Astounding Sep '56
  
• Bulge - (nv) If Sep '68
  
• Mistaken for Granted - (na) Worlds of If Jan/Feb '74
  
• A Question of Guilt - (nv) The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1976
  
• Stuck With It (nv) Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976

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