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==Short stories, novelettes and novellas== [[File:Satellite science fiction 195702.jpg|thumb|right|Editor [[Sam Merwin Jr.]] added 10,000 words to Clement's novella "Planetfall" for its publication in the February 1957 issue of ''[[Satellite Science Fiction]]'' as "Planet for Plunder".]] [[File:Galaxy 196308.jpg|thumb|right|Clement's short story "Hot Planet" took the cover of the August 1963 issue of ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]''.]] {{div col}} *"Proof" (June 1942). Short story. Published in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction|Astounding]]''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[[Possible Worlds of Science Fiction]]'' (1951), ''SF: Author's Choice 2'' (1970), ''Where Do We Go From Here?'' (1971), ''The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)'' (1980), ''First Voyages'' (1981), ''The Golden Years of Science Fiction (Second Series)'' (1983), ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t160.htm#A9163 Encounters]'' (1988), ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t562.htm#A28881 Ascent of Wonder]'' (1994) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/t45.htm#A2125 Wondrous Beginnings]'' (2003). *''Impediment'' (August 1942). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *''Avenue of Escape'' (November 1942). Published in ''Astounding's'' series Probability Zero. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Attitude" (September 1943). Novella. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''Travellers of Space'' (1951). *Technical Error" (January 1944). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Trojan Fall" (June 1944). Short story. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes''. *"[[Uncommon Sense]]" (September 1945). His most famous short story. Part of the Laird Cunningham Series. [[Hugo Award]] for Best Short Story of 1945. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Intuit'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t32.htm#A693 The Old Masters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630190358/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t32.htm#A693 |date=2015-06-30 }}'' (1970), ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t159.htm#A3308 Out of This World 10] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004206/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t159.htm#A3308 |date=2015-03-09 }}'' (1973) and ''Nebula Awards Showcase 2000'' (2000). *"Cold Front" (July 1946). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''Men Against the Stars'' (1950, 1956) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t291.htm#A16512 Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 2]'' (1990). *''Assumption Unjustified'' (October 1946). Novelette. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Natives of Space'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t27.htm#A602 Crossroads in Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819070855/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t27.htm#A602 |date=2014-08-19 }}'' (1953). *"Answer" (April 1947). Short story. Published in ''Astounding SF''. Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'' and ''Science Fiction Thinking Machines'' (1954). *"Fireproof" (March 1949). Short story. Published in ''Astounding''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''Decade of the 1940s'' (1975) and ''Combat SF'' (1981). *"Halo" (October 1952). Novelette. Published in ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1691 Shadow of Tomorrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311134236/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1691 |date=2015-03-11 }}'' (1953). *"Critical Factor" (1953). Short story not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1695 Star Science Fiction Stories #2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311134236/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t78.htm#A1695 |date=2015-03-11 }}'' (1953). Collected in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?440905 Titan 4]'' (1977) and ''The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to here'' (1979). *"Ground" (December 1953). Short story not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[Science Fiction Adventures (1952 magazine)|Science Fiction Adventures]]''. *"Dust Rag" (September 1956). Short story. Published in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction|Astounding]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Where Do We Go From Here?'' (1971) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2001/t36.htm#A1720 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy]'' (2001). *"Planet for Plunder" (February 1957). Published in ''Satellite SF'' jointly with Sam Merwin Jr. A previous version of "Planetfall". Collected in ''Men of the Morning Star/Planet for Plunder''. *"The Lunar Lichen" (February 1960). Novelette not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Future Science Fiction''. Collected in ''The Time Trap/The Lunar Lichen''. *"Sun Spot" (November 1960). Short story. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'', ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t65.htm#A3397 Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 4: Comets]'' (1986) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t92.htm#A5249 Analog’s Expanding Universe]'' *"[https://archive.org/stream/1963-05_IF_modified#page/n5/mode/2up The Green World]" (May 1963). Novella not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[If (magazine)|If]]''. Collected in ''The Moon is Hell!/The Green World''. *"[https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v21n06_1963-08#page/n3/mode/1up Hot Planet]" (August 1963). Novelette not included in any of the Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Galaxy''. Collected in ''The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF'' (1964), ''Spectrum 4'' (1965), ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t77.htm#A1680 The Eighth Galaxy Reader] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616112231/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t77.htm#A1680 |date=2011-06-16 }}'' (1965), ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t426.htm#A22965 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories #25 (1963)]'' (1992) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t776.htm#A38273 Science Fiction Century]'' (1997). *"Raindrop" (May 1965). Novelette. Published in ''[[If (magazine)|If]]''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t65.htm#A3397 Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 4: Comets]''. *"The Foundling Stars" (August 1966). Short story. Published in ''If''. Collected in ''Small Changes'' and ''The Second If Reader of Science Fiction'' (1968). *"The Mechanic" (September 1966). Novelette. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''Small Changes'', ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t19.htm#A1094 Analog: Writers’ Choice, Volume II]'' (1984). *"Bulge" (September 1968). Novelette. Published in ''If''. Collected in ''Small Changes'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *'"Planetfall" (1972). Original version of "Planet for Plunder" (1957). Published in ''Strange Tomorrows'' (1972). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"[[Lecture Demonstration]]" (1973). Short story from the Mesklin Series (of ''Mission of Gravity'' fame). Published in the book ''Astounding'' (1973). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3'', ''Heavy Planet'' and ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t119.htm#A2552 Mission of Gravity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919021917/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t119.htm#A2552 |date=2015-09-19 }}'' (1978). *"Mistaken for Granted" (January/February 1974). Novella. Published in ''Worlds of If''. Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]''. *"The Logical Life" (1974). Second short story in the Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''Stellar #1'' (1974). Collected in ''Intuit'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Question of Guilt" (1976). Novelette. Published in ''The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV'' (1976). Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]''. *"Stuck with It" (1976). Novelette innthe Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t33.htm#A718 Stellar #2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002133031/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t33.htm#A718 |date=2020-10-02 }}'' (1976). Collected in ''[[The Best of Hal Clement]]'', ''Intuit'' and ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Longline" (1976). Novelette. Published in ''Faster than Light'' (1976). Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Seasoning" (September/October 1978). Novelette set in Harlan Ellison's ''[[Medea: Harlan's World|Medea]]'' world. Not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''IASFM''. Collected in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t38.htm#A1961 Medea: Harlan's World]'' (1985) and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t499.htm#A26144 Aliens and UFO's]'' (1993). *"Status Symbol" (1987). Novelette, the last story in the Laird Cunningham Series. Published in ''Intuit''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 2''. *"Blot" (1989). Novelette about [[Robot series (Asimov)|Asimov's positronic robots]]. Not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t231.htm#A13370 Foundation's Friends]'' (1989). *"Phases in Chaos'" (1991). Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t361.htm#A19859 Isaac’s Universe Volume Two: Phases in Chaos]''. *"Eyeball Vectors" (1992). Novella not included in any of Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/t439.htm#A23606 Isaac's Universe Volume 3: Unnatural Diplomacy]''. *"Sortie" (spring/summer 1994). First part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Harsh Mistress''. *"Settlement" (fall/winter 1994). Second part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Clement's compilations. Published in ''[[Absolute Magnitude (magazine)|Absolute Magnitude]]''. *"Seismic Sidetrack" (spring 1995). Third part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. *"Simile" (summer 1995). Fourth and last part of the Sortie series. Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. *"Oh, Natural" (spring 1998). Novelette not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. Collected in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?270234 Hal's Worlds: Stories and Essays in Memory of Hal Clement]''. *Options" (1998). Short story not included in any of Clement's compilations to date. Published as Harry C. Stubbs in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?185009 Lamps on the Brow]''. *"Exchange Rate" (winter 1999). Novella not included in any of Hal Clement's compilations to date. Published in ''Absolute Magnitude''. Collected in ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/t13.htm#A553 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection]'' and ''[http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2002/t18.htm#A966 The Hard SF Renaissance]'' (2002). *"Under" (January 2000). Short story, last story in the 'Mesklin series. Published in ''Analog''. Collected in ''The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3'' and ''Heavy Planet''. *"Office politics" (2003). Short story not included in any of Clement's compilations. Published in ''[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?216237 Readercon 15 Souvenir Book]'' (This may be an article and not a fiction story) {{end div col}}
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