This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this collection are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
 
 
HEAVY PLANET
Copyright © 2002 by Hal Clement
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
 
 
Tor would like to acknowledge the help and cooperation of NESFA, the New England Science Fiction Association, and NESFA Press, who originally published an omnibus of Hal Clement’s works on Mesklin in hardcover with additional material, under the title The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton, and who graciously and generously shared production materials with us.
An Orb Edition
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eISBN 9781429972116
First eBook Edition : May 2011
 
 
First Orb Edition: November 2002