Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Hal Clement

Born: May 30, 1922
Died: October 29, 2003 (aged 81)
Bio: Harry Clement Stubbs, better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard.
Known for:
- Mission of Gravity (1953)
- Needle (1950)
- Iceworld (1953)
- Close to Critical (1958)
- Heavy Planet (2002)