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Wednesday 29 October 2003
Hal Clement Dies
Harry Clement Stubbs, who wrote science fiction as Hal Clement, died
in his sleep earlier today, October 29, 2003, at his home in Milton,
Massachusetts.Born in 1922, Clement was a high school school teacher
whose fiction gained a reputation as quintessential hard SF -- science
fiction firmly based on established physics, chemistry, and astronomy.
His novels often depicted highly imagined alien worlds; the most
famous was Mission of Gravity, set on a heavy, fast-spinning planet
where the force of gravity is several times greater at the poles than
at the equator. His last novel, Noise, was published earlier this
year.
Clement was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of
America in 1999. Among other honors was a Retro-Hugo Award in 1996 for
his 1945 story "Uncommon Sense".
Clement is survived by his wife Mary, two sons George and Richard,
daughter Christine Hensel, and grandson Jackson.
SFWA News has posted memorials, and notes that services will be held
at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Milton, Massachusetts at 10Am on
Saturday, November 1.
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