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Mission of Gravity

Hal Clement

First published January 1954
Type Novel
Series Mesklin #1

<br>The planet <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesklin">Mesklin</a> is a vast cold inhospitable world, with a crushing gravity 700 times greater than Earth. Mesklin holds secrets of great value, and only the tiny Mesklinites can help mankind discover them.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1955 International Fantasy Award Fiction Runner-up
1975 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Nominee/Finalist
2004 Retro Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1954 Cover Mission of Gravity Doubleday Novel
June 1954 Cover Mission of Gravity Doubleday / SFBC Novel
1955 Cover Mission of Gravity Robert Hale Novel
1958 Cover Mission of Gravity Galaxy Publishing Corp. Novel
October 1962 Cover Mission of Gravity Pyramid Books Novel 7
July 1963 Cover Mission of Gravity Penguin Books Novel 7
August 1969 Cover Mission of Gravity Pyramid Books Novel 7
October 1974 Cover Mission of Gravity Pyramid Books Novel 7
October 1974 Cover Mission of Gravity Pyramid Books Novel 7
June 1976 Cover Mission of Gravity New English Library Novel 13
June 1976 Cover Mission of Gravity Pyramid Books Novel 7
January 1978 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
January 1978 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
June 1978 Cover Mission of Gravity Gregg Press Collection
May 1979 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
May 1979 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
March 1980 Cover Mission of Gravity Doubleday / SFBC Novel
July 1984 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
1987 Cover Mission of Gravity The Easton Press Novel
May 1987 Cover Mission of Gravity VGSF / Gollancz Novel
February 1989 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
February 1995 Cover Mission of Gravity Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
April 2000 Cover Mission of Gravity Gollancz Novel
September 2000 Cover The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton NESFA Press Collection 19
November 2002 Cover Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories Orb Collection 11
March 2003 Cover Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories Orb / SFBC Collection 11
October 2005 Cover Mission of Gravity Gollancz / Orion Novel
May 2007 Cover Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories Orb Collection |11
September 2007 Cover The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton NESFA Press Collection 19
December 2014 Cover Mission of Gravity Gollancz / Orion Novel 5
December 2014 Cover Mission of Gravity Gollancz / Orion Novel
February 2024 Cover Meskelin Series & Others MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |2