- Fiction, Science Fiction, Space stations, Black holes (Astronomy)
A microscopic black hole has accidently fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years.
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Epic, contemporary, classical in form and plot-driven.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- David Brin
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 682
- Publisher
- Orbit, Random House Publishing Group, TIME WARNER PAPERBACKS
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307573407
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First sentence
“An angry deity glowered at Alex.”
About David Brin · 1950
American scientist and science fiction author
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