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Hal Clement
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American author (1922–2003)
OverviewAI-generated
Hal Clement, born Harry Clement Stubbs in Somerville on 30 May 1922, was an American writer, novelist, science fiction writer and astronomer. He was educated at Boston University, Harvard University and Simmons University, and served in World War II. His notable work was Mission of Gravity.
He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the Locus Award for Best Short Story, and received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Clement died of diabetes in Milton on 29 October 2003.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Wikiquote. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 30 May 1922
- Died
- 29 October 2003
- Works
- 82
Top works
- Men against the stars
- Hal Clement's Needle
- The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series
- One Hundred
- Writing science fiction and fantasy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 34
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hal+Clement">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,996x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,297x
- TCS: a computer program to estimate gene genealogies
· 2000 · cited 8,237x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,795x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “It seems that these men are primitive enough to have a marked tendency toward superstition—ascribing things they don’t understand to supernatural intervention.”
- “I am resigned to living in a chess-type universe—few and simple rules, but infinite combinations of them. But it would be nice to know an answer sometime.”
- “If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. The only space adventures I've heard of are second-hand stories built on guesswork; the people who really had them weren't around to tell about it.”
- “The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful.”
- “No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see.”
- “What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Harry Clement Stubbs , ( 1922-05-30 ) May 30, 1922 , Somerville, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- October 29, 2003 (2003-10-29) (aged 81), Milton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Pen name
- George Richard (as artist)
- Occupation
- Novelist military pilot science teacher
- Education
- Harvard University ( BS ), Boston University ( MEd ), Simmons College ( MS )
- Period
- 1942–2003
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Literary movement
- Hard science fiction
- Notable works
- Mission of Gravity " Uncommon Sense "
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Somerville
- Place of death
- Milton
- Occupation
- teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Mission of Gravity
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- science fiction
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- 14th WSFS 008 - Hal Clement.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1922-05-30
- date of death
- 2003-10-29
- cause of death
- diabetes
- birth name
- Harry Clement Stubbs
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Hal Clement
- name in native language
- Hal Clement
via Wikidata · CC0
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hal Clement” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.