Still River by Hal Clement
Paperback edition, February 1989
A rare sighting of Obliq, a Letraset release from 1984, used in both of its weights for a science fiction novel by Hal Clement (1922–2003):
The Riddle of Enigma Years of exacting study were coming to an end. All five student scientists, each the best its species had to offer, were one step away from their final degrees. One examination remained: the students were to determine why the tiny planet of Enigma, a planet with so little mass that it should never have had an atmosphere, in fact it did. Everything seemed to be running smoothly until the only Human member of the team, Molly was accidentally blown into one of the deep fissures that pocked the planet’s surface. She found herself trapped in a series of tunnels and caves that only led her deeper into the riddle that was at the heart of Enigma. But as her concerned companions followed her, they found Enigma’s most puzzling anomaly. For in the dark passages they discovered life – life which couldn’t possibly exist.
For the title, the caps were enlarged and shifted down, so that they align with the ascenders and the underline underneath the lowercase letters. Small text is in Univers.
Hardback edition, June 1987
