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Hal Clement, the dean of hard science fiction, has written a new planetary adventure in the tradition of his classic Mission of Gravity. It is the kind of story that made his reputation as a meticulous designer of otherworldly settings that are utterly convincing because they are constructed from the ground up using established principles of orbital mechanics, geology, chemistry, biology, and other sciences. Kainui is one of a pair of double planets circling a pair of binary stars. Mike Hoani has come there to study the language of the colonists, to analyze its evolution in the years since settlement. But Kainui is an ocean planet. Although settled by Polynesians, it is anything but a tropical paradise. The ocean is 1,700 miles deep, with no solid ground anywhere. The population is scattered in cities on floating artificial islands with no fixed locations. The atmosphere isn't breathable, and lightning, waterspouts, and tsunamis are constant. Out on the great planetary ocean, self-sufficiency is crucial, and far from any floating city, on a small working-family ship, anything can happen. There are, for instance, pirates. Mike's academic research turns into an exotic nautical adventure unlike anything he could have imagined. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

About the Author :
Hal Clement (1922-2003) is a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, and the author of the novels Half Life, Heavy Planet and the classic Mission of Gravity.

Review :
"For well over half a century, Hal Clement has been a towering, even decisive figure in our special literature." --Poul Anderson "Hal Clement -- who was anointed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 1998 Grand Master -- has been writing for the last half century. In that time he has defined the "hard SF" subgenre and established it as his own." --Analog "Hal Clement brought a new seriousness to the extrapolative hard-SF. . . story, and [a] vividness of imagination--his sense that the Universe is wonderful. . . . He is a figure of importance to the genre." --The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction For well over half a century, Hal Clement has been a towering, even decisive figure in our special literature. Poul Anderson Hal Clement -- who was anointed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 1998 Grand Master -- has been writing for the last half century. In that time he has defined the "hard SF" subgenre and established it as his own. Analog Hal Clement brought a new seriousness to the extrapolative hard-SF. . . story, and [a] vividness of imagination--his sense that the Universe is wonderful. . . . He is a figure of importance to the genre. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction " For well over half a century, Hal Clement has been a towering, even decisive figure in our special literature. "Poul Anderson" Hal Clement -- who was anointed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 1998 Grand Master -- has been writing for the last half century. In that time he has defined the "hard SF" subgenre and established it as his own. "Analog" Hal Clement brought a new seriousness to the extrapolative hard-SF. . . story, and [a] vividness of imagination--his sense that the Universe is wonderful. . . . He is a figure of importance to the genre. "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"" "For well over half a century, Hal Clement has been a towering, even decisive figure in our special literature." --"Poul Anderson" "Hal Clement -- who was anointed the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's 1998 Grand Master -- has been writing for the last half century. In that time he has defined the "hard SF" subgenre and established it as his own." --"Analog" "Hal Clement brought a new seriousness to the extrapolative hard-SF. . . story, and [a] vividness of imagination--his sense that the Universe is wonderful. . . . He is a figure of importance to the genre." --"The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"