Re: "Rogue" black holes in SF?

David DeLaney <dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 9 May 2008 12:18:02 GMT, Anthony Nance <nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>I recently read a press release about a black hole getting ejected
>>from its parent galaxy, and the reaction/image that popped to mind
>>made me wonder if there are any SF stories that involve interactions 
>>with "rogue" black holes (e.g. black holes "wandering" between
galaxies).
> 
> The first one that popped to mind doesn't quite fit; Arcot, Wade, &
Morey
> have an encounter with what we'd today call a neutron star,
unexpectedly.
> I'm recalling several encounters with stories that warn about the
dangers
> of running across an unmapped black hole while hyperspacing, but details
> aren't coming to mind, and don't know if any of them count as 'between
> galaxies'.

Oh, sorry - "between galaxies" isn't meant as a restriction, just an
example.


> The Xeelee built almost the exact opposite of your query, once... :)

Can you say a bit more?  I've never read anything in the Xeelee universe.
Tony