Mesklin Series

3 primary works • 4 total works
Mesklin is the name of a fictional supergiant planet created by Hal Clement and used in a number of his hard science fiction stories.
It is distinctive for the interaction of its strong gravity with the centrifugal force due to its fast rotation, originating, according to Clement's original calculations, a gee force gradient, starting at 3 g on the …

Book 1

Mission of Gravity
3.90
· 7636 Ratings · 292 Reviews · published 1954 · 73 editions
Mesklin is a vast, inhospitable, disc-shaped plane…
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Book 2

Close to Critical
3.49
· 385 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 1958 · 22 editions
Crisis on Tenebra
Shrouded in eternal gloom by its …
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Book 3

Star Light
3.30
· 287 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1970 · 19 editions
The return of Barlennan Dhrawn was a giant rockbal…
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Book 1, 3

Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories
3.82
· 271 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 editions
Discover MESKLIN - 3g at the equator, 700g at the …
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