Hal Clement Quotes

“No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see.”

Hal Clement book Mission of Gravity

Source: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 11

“Maybe we’ve been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.”

Hal Clement book Mission of Gravity

Source: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 15

“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.”

Hal Clement book Mission of Gravity

Source: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 9

“What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?”

Hal Clement book Mission of Gravity

Source: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 14