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Please give my Amazon review a helpful vote - [URL not allowed] This short story is a bit of classic hard science fiction by the master of Hard Science Fiction, yet it is definitely dated in terms of writing style, plotting, and science. The story centers on an expedition to Me......more

A late Golden Age sf story rich with technique and poor on story. That noted, it does have one of the best opening lines I've read in a long time. (see my take on it at Great Opening Lines - and Why! (December 2023's Great Opening Lines). Aside from that Great Opening Line, a solid pass.......more

A real “nuts and bolts” SF tale of conditions on Mercury and a team trying to get scientific data and stay alive while doing so. I’m afraid I had trouble following it, not finding the subject or style at all interesting, leading me to skip a lot of it and thus not really understanding the ending.......more

Good read. Hal Clement is always a enjoyable venture into "What if" Not long enough though. Good protagonists and enough action to keep it moving along. Anything he writes is worth the effort to get it.......more

Fairly standard golden age sci fi story. Clement is a grandmaster so some interest there.......more