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A review by barryhaworth
Ice World by Hal Clement
4.0
Taking a side quest from the Heinlein Juveniles, this is book is a YA story from SF legend Hal Clement. In it, a sulfur -breathing interstellar drug enforcement agent is investigating a (to him) alien planet, where the temperature is so low that hydrogen oxide liquefies.
Much of the story revolves around how planet earth appears to creatures from a much, much hotter place, and how they learn to deal with conditions there, as well as how their efforts are viewed by the humans they come into contact with. All quite entertaining, in a high school chemistry made into a story kind of way.
Much of the story revolves around how planet earth appears to creatures from a much, much hotter place, and how they learn to deal with conditions there, as well as how their efforts are viewed by the humans they come into contact with. All quite entertaining, in a high school chemistry made into a story kind of way.