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Small Changes

book by Hal Clement

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ7542734 ↗
Source-derived summary

Small Changes is a collection of science fiction short stories by Hal Clement, published by Doubleday in 1969. It was issued in Great Britain by Robert Hale Publishing, and reprinted in paperback by Dell Books as Space Lash.

Contents

"Dust Rag" (Astounding 1956)

"Sunspot" (Analog 1960)

"Uncommon Sense" (Astounding 1945)

"Trojan Fall" (Astounding 1944)

"Fireproof" (Astounding 1949)

"Halo" (Galaxy 1952)

"The Foundling Stars" (If 1966)

"Raindrop" (If 1965)

"The Mechanic" (Analog 1966)

Reception

Algis Budrys praised the collection, saying that "There is a charm to these stories . . .

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Small Changes” as book by Hal Clement. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1956, 1960, 1945—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969. The account is most persuasive where Small, Changes and book can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as book by Hal Clement. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7542734. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1956, 1960 and 1945.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Small Changes”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Small Changes primary sources, Small Changes archive and Small research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Small Changes”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Small Changes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.