Attitude

by Hal Clement

“Attitude” by Hal Clement is a work of classic science fiction shaped by speculative ideas, future worlds, technology, exploration, and the unknown. Its appeal comes from the narrative tradition of the a strong central premise, an atmosphere suited to the subject, and a reading experience that develops through character, situation, conflict, or discovery. The book is well suited to readers of vintage and classic science fiction and can be read both for entertainment and for its place within the broader literary tradition represented by this category. It is a fitting choice for personal libraries, literature collections, classroom reading lists, and readers seeking a focused title in classic science fiction.

Genres: Science Fiction

75 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

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.

Further details at Wikipedia.

Reviews

[MH · Rating 2 out of 5]

Puzzle SF from 1943, and it shows. The author can imagine giant space cruisers travelling to the Magellanic Clouds, and weird aliens, but cannot possibly imagine that anyone in the story would be a woman or not smoke. As expected, the Competent Man outwits his opponents and solves the puzzle.

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved Hal Clement as a teen, now find his stories interesting, cute, emotionally dead. Characters do things, things happen, one guy is the story’s version of Sherlock Holmes. Now I want read about people.

[David Wilcox · Rating 2 out of 5]

Defective book - half the pages are blank

The book is defective - at least half the pages are blank - very few times are two sequential pages available - the story might be interesting if you could read it

[Emmalyn Renato · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novella was nominated for Hugo (Retro 1944) award.