Mission of Gravity/Star Light (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Harry Clement Stubbs
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alien civilization
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: Within twenty light years of Earth in the direction of the constellation Cygnus
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Space ships, stations, or vehicles
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Hal Clement creates, in Mission of Gravity, a fictional planet called Mesklin in the double-star system known to astronomers as 61 Cygni. In the sequel, he moves to the gigantic Dhrawn, a few light years away and still in the known universe. In both stories of adventure and exploration, two motivations drive the Mesklin-ite aliens, who are clearly more interesting characters to Clement than their human handlers and explorer counterparts. First, the tiny Mesklinites are hardy explorers and astronauts who want to carry on their explorations. In the time between...
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