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Walt May 30, 2025

Born this Day:

Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction sub-genre.

In 1998, Clement was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He was named the 17th SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1999

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Clement

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d4doome Jun 24, 2024

The Lunar Lichen is a 1960 sci-fi novella by Hal Clement. A geologist claims to have discovered lichens on the Moon, but did he really? Did he discover something else? This is fairly hard SF but also a tale of survival with fine suspense.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/06/hal-clements-lunar-lichen.html

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Hal Clement's The Lunar Lichen

The Lunar Lichen is a science fiction novella (or possibly novelette) by Hal Clement. It was originally published in Future Science Fiction...

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Cory Doctorow Oct 30, 2023

#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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Miguel R. Nuño Oct 29, 2023

Un 29 de octubre muere
🖊️#HalClement (1922-2003)
Escritor estadounidense
del denominado "sector duro" de la #CienciaFicción
Desgraciadamente,
en España lleva demasiado tiempo descatalogado😥
Aun teniendo #novelas como,
📖Misión de gravedad
De lectura obligada,
para muchas personas simplemente aficionadas y también para aquellas expertas en el género.