THE ESSENTIAL HAL CLEMENT Volume 1) Trio for Slide Rule & Typewriter Volume 2) Music of Many Spheres Volume 3) Variations on a Theme By Sir Isaac Newton
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Doesn't seem to have a very compleat dataset --- the first book I thought to lok for, Hal Clement's _Space Lash_ (originally published as _Small Changes_) is absent, and I didn't see the later collection _Music of Many Sphere_ either: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/939760.Music_of_Many_Sph...
Books which I have read and would recommend include: - _Ashley's Book of Knots_ --- everyone should be aware of knots and now at least the basics interesting, _The Klutz Book of Knots_ was also mentioned once - James Clavell _Noble House_ --- part of his "Asian Saga", not sure if it has aged well --- if a person could read only one of these, I'd recommend _King Rat_, based on his experience in a …
That is pretty much the premise of Hal Clement's short story "Halo", which I read in _Space Lash_ (originally published as _Small Changes_), but now available in: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/939760.Music_of_Many_Sph... I recommend folks read it in reverse chronological order, starting at the back, then working to the front and bailing when things get too quaint/old-school/golden-age.