- Science fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
From back cover Del Rey paperback January 1978:
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Classical in form, cool, plot-driven and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Hal Clement
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- Gregg Press, Ballantine Books, Del Rey Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780450029943
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First sentence
“The wind came across the bay like something living.”
About Hal Clement · 1922–2003
Working name used for his sf by US author Harry Clement Stubbs (1922-2003); he used his full name for science articles, and painted as George Richard.
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