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  • Hal Clement centennial

    From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 28 14:18:28 2022
    Monday, May 30, will be the 100th birthday of Harry Stubbs, better known
    to the public as Hal Clement or occasionally as George Richard.

    In addition to being a noteworthy author, he was one of the most
    pleasant guests at SF conventions and did good presentations. On one
    occasion -- I think it was a Philcon -- he and I were headed to the
    restaurant at the same time and had dinner together. We just talked like
    a couple of fans.

    He was well known to NESFA, which re-published several of his works.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Wed Jun 1 02:21:29 2022
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    Monday, May 30, will be the 100th birthday of Harry Stubbs, better
    known to the public as Hal Clement or occasionally as George Richard.

    In addition to being a noteworthy author, he was one of the most
    pleasant guests at SF conventions and did good presentations. On
    one occasion -- I think it was a Philcon -- he and I were headed to
    the restaurant at the same time and had dinner together. We just
    talked like a couple of fans.

    I agree. I too shared a meal with him. He let me have his broccoli,
    as he didn't like that vegetable.

    He was among the hardest of hard SF authors. Half a century after
    writing _Mission of Gravity_, he was still apologizing for getting the
    shape of the planet wrong.

    He was well known to NESFA, which re-published several of his works.

    Including at least one that I had never seen anywhere else. I don't
    recall the title, but it was about a small billion-year-old AI.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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