Mission of Gravity

Overview:

• Title: Mission of Gravity
• Author: Hal Clement
• Year: 1954
• Type: Novel
• Series: Mesklin

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.

Awards:

• 1955. Mission of Gravity International Fantasy, Fiction (Nomination)
• 1975. Mission of Gravity Locus Poll, All-Time Best Novel (Nomination)
• 1987. Mission of Gravity Locus Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel (Nomination)
• 1998. Mission of Gravity Locus Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1954. Mission of Gravity (1954, Hal Clement Doubleday, $2.95, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1954. Mission of Gravity (June 1954, Hal Clement Doubleday / SFBC, 224 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1955. Mission of Gravity (1955, Hal Clement Robert Hale, 192 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1958. Mission of Gravity (1958, Hal Clement Galaxy Publishing Corp., ID: 33, $0.35, 191 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1962. Mission of Gravity (1962, Hal Clement Pyramid, Catalog ID: #F-786, 174 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1969. Mission of Gravity (1969, Hal Clement Pyramid, Catalog ID: #T-2063, 174 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1974. Mission of Gravity (1974, Hal Clement Pyramid, ISBN-10: 0515034797, $0.95, 174 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1974. Mission of Gravity (October 1974, Hal Clement Pyramid, Catalog ID: #N3479, $0.95, 174 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1978. Mission of Gravity (1978, Hal Clement Gregg Press, ISBN-10: 0839824262, 256 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1980. Mission of Gravity (March 1980, Hal Clement Doubleday / SFBC, Catalog ID: #3675, 188 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1984. Mission of Gravity (1984, Hal Clement Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345316223, $2.50, 233 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1987. Mission of Gravity (1987, Hal Clement Gollancz, ISBN-10: 057504022X, L2.50, 203 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1988. Mission of Gravity (1988, Hal Clement Easton Press, $32.00, 224 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1995. Mission of Gravity (1995, Hal Clement Ballantine Del Rey, ISBN-10: 0345316223, $5.99, 231 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 2000. Mission of Gravity (2000, Hal Clement Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575070943, £9.99, 203 pages, Trade, Novel)
• 2005. Mission of Gravity (October 2005, Hal Clement Gollancz, an imprint of Orion, ISBN-10: 0575077085, £6.99, 203 pages, Paperback, Novel)

Genres/Themes:

• First Contact (1 book)
• Hard Sf (1 book)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on Mission of Gravity