He made his presence known and, in return for some clever suggestions and help with his search, he helped Robert with his problems. Then the Hunter found an excellent host in the person of young and intelligent Robert Kinnaird. It became obvious, too, that his quarry had already selected his host–but which human being. When the Hunter emerged from his wreck of a ship, he soon realized that a man of earth would make a suitable host. The Hunter and his quarry raced through space–when suddenly both ships crashed head on into one of the oceans of earth! Both the Hunter and his quarry were symbiotes–creatures who had to live within the body of another organism. You can read this before Needle (Needle, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Needle (Needle, #1) written by Hal Clement which was published in 1949–. Clarke.Brief Summary of Book: Needle (Needle, #1) by Hal Clement “Hal Clement has thus suffered a serious financial loss -a guarantee of almost the original price of the story, and royalties that could very possibly make it much more-through having his interests ‘protected.’ “It is dubious protection that can cancel a sale for an author and yet often involve a demand for a substantial part of the payment…We regret being unable to offer this fine book…but we do have an original novel, “Prelude to Space” by Arthur C. A fraction of the book first appeared in another magazine, and since it is that publisher’s policy to retain reprint rights, it has been refused us, despite the wishes of the author and the publishers of the clothbound edition.

“Also as a consequence, apparently, “Needle” by Hal Clement will not be the current Galaxy Science Fiction Novel, though announced last month. “Because of our higher rates and refusal to cut in on earnings that are not ethically a magazine publisher’s, Galaxy is, as a natural consequence, getting the finest science fiction stories. Gold’s editorial in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy, he touts that Galaxy only buys first magazine rights and does not buy any other rights, giving the author the opportunity to make more money off a story, stating “We demand not a single cent of the payment for the resale of any Galaxy story!” He then goes on to attack – without naming names – Street & Smith, the publisher of Astounding: “…Galaxy does not use fictitious excuses to deprive writers of this income, such as regarding them as business infants who must be protected against their inclination to give their work away for nothing-while demanding a share of resale price.

Needle by Hal Clement