Re: "Rogue" black holes in SF?

On May 9, 11:56=A0am, Taki Kogoma <qu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-05-09, Anthony Nance <na...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> allegedly proclaimed to rec.arts.sf.written:
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> > 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)=
..
>
> Not quite what was requested, but...
>
> David Gerrold's Trek novel _The Galactic Whirlpool_ has the plot dirven
> by a binary black hole system (very slowly) cutting a swath through the
> Milky Way.
>
> Granted, the system's path doesn't take it near any Federation member
> worlds, and the STL generation ****p that the _Enterprise_ encounters
> won't reach the black holes for several centuries...
>
> Gym "No. =A0I'm not sure if the galactography makes any sense..." Quirk
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The Earth was gradually eaten by a black hole in one of Dan Simmons SF
epics, as I recall.