Re: "Rogue" black holes in SF?

James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
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> <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 p***** through part of the solar system in Varley's
>>"The Black Hole P*****".
> 
>        What was it that ripped the Earth away from the Sun in "A Pail of
> Air"?

A passing "dark star".  What did "dark star" mean in 1951?

Interestingly enough, the text says the dark star captured the earth,
not just expelled it out of the solar system.

Tony