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In article <10t7dd5$2pttg$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

TOPIC: Hal Clement Trivia (from a column by James Davis Nicoll)

"Anyone who met Clement and was unfamiliar with ClementrCOs past
might be a bit surprised to discover that the amiable old fellow
racked up an impressive body count before he learned to drive. I
donrCOt have a number, but itrCOs possibly up to three or four
figures. ThatrCOs how much thirty-five combat missions in a B-24
Liberator might have added up to."

<https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/fair-trade>

[Hal Heydt]
Randall Garrett used to relate finding out after WW2 that
"Clement" didn't know how to drive. So he and a couple of other
authors set out to teach him. At one point, he was coming up
behind some slow or stopped traffic and Clement started trying to
pull back the steering wheel. When called on it he said that that
always worked for him before...
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