- Iceworld
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name = Iceworld
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =Hal Clement
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cover_artist = Ric Binkley
country =United States
language = English
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genre =Science fiction novel
publisher =Gnome Press
release_date = 1953
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media_type = Print (Hardcover )
pages = 216 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1457433
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followed_by ="Iceworld" is a
science fiction novel by authorHal Clement . It was published in 1953 byGnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine "Astounding " in 1951.Plot introduction
The novel concerns an interplanetary narcotics agent who is forced to work on an incredibly cold world (from his point of view — the planet is in fact
Earth ), where he teams up with natives of the alien planet (humans ) in his attempt to stop the smuggling of a dangerous drug (tobacco ) to Sirius. Although the story involves both aliens and humans, it is told primarily from an alien perspective.References
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=302 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=412 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8
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