Needle

Name: Needle
Author: Hal Clement

1950 novel by Hal Clement

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Also known as From Outer Space

Author: Hal Clement
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-07-02
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Released: 1950
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Publisher: Doubleday
Language: English
Genre: science fiction

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Needle is a 1950 science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement, originally published the previous year in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. The book was notable in that it broke new ground in the science fiction field by postulating an alien lifeform, not hostile, which could live within the human body. Also published as From Outer Space, the book would, in 1978, spark the sequel Through the Eye of a Needle.

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Country of origin: United States
Title: Needle
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-07-02
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Cover art by: Hector Garrido
Form of creative work: novel
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-12
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Has version, edition or translation: Q120730710 language: French · released: May 1954
Needle released: April 1, 1976 · publisher: Avon · distribution format: paperback
Has characteristic: debut novel

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