The Planck Dive
The Planck Dive | |
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by Greg Egan | |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Published in | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
Publication type | Magazine |
Publication date | February 1998 |
"The Planck Dive" is a science fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1998. It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[1]
Plot summary[]
The story is set in the polis known as Cartan Null, where five explorers are preparing to send cloned copies of themselves on a scientific journey into a black hole. As they are about to make the dive a biographer from Earth and his daughter arrive with intentions of writing their story.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The LOCUS Index to SF Awards Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- The Planck Dive - freely downloadable from the author's website.
- The Planck Dive title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- Science fiction short stories
- 1998 short stories
- Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction
- Short stories by Greg Egan
- Fiction about black holes
- Cloning in fiction
- 1990s science fiction short story stubs