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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Procyon's Promise
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 10:58:09 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 10:58:09 1985
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> In article <320@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> >Procyon's Promise, by Michael McCollum. Del Rey 1985.
> >
> >Ugh. Not only does he have such obvious boners as antimatter black holes
> > ...
> 
> Very obvious boner.  Stephen Hawking made the same "boner".  A black hole
> can be "made" of just about any type of matter, antimatter included.
> 
> Hutch

Indeed.  Only there is *no* difference between an antimatter black hole
and one made of matter.  Hence the "boner".

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