Exchange Rate

Name: Exchange Rate
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Hal Clement
ISBN: 9780375418501

Author: Hal Clement

Narrator: Kerin McCue

Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 11/21/2000

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

In this classic novella, harried human explorers must try to figure out the lifeways and motivations of some extremely strange and enigmatic alien creatures on one of the strangest planets ever portrayed in science fiction - and do it all before the clock runs out.

About The Author

Harry Clement Stubbs (1922 – 2003) better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was a science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard. In 1998 Clement was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and named the 17th SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on September 09, 2024

Fairly dated. Not that interesting......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 28, 2024

Good short story......more