Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement
Taste attributes: science fictionadventurerobots/ai/spacefresh & originalimaginaryglossyall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connections
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and original: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.0 / 5
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About This Book
From back cover Del Rey paperback January 1978: CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS For a profit -- and adventure -- Barlennan would sail the Bree thousands of miles across uncharted waters, into regions where gravity itself played strange tricks.
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- Author
- Hal Clement
- Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 203
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- Open Library
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