Re: "Rogue" black holes in SF?

James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <Mark_Reichert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On May 9, 7:18 am, na...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Anthony Nance) 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).
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>>A small black hole passes through part of the solar system in Varley's
>>"The Black Hole Passes".
>
>	What was it that ripped the Earth away from the Sun in "A Pail of Air"?

....A passing star? Passing dwarf star? (I don't think ... okay, wiki says
"a passing 'dark star'". It was from 1951, so I don't think "black hole"
was
a widespread enough concept yet to have made it into the SF literature...
....okay, wiki notes that 'event horizon' didn't show up as a concept
until
1958, and the "black hole" term dates to 1967. Fair enough.)

Dave
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