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From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: a 'matter' of 'weighty' concern ...
Message-ID: <3430@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 23:08:17 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 23:08:17 1985
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on the subject of gravity ... i tend to 'gravitate' (yeah, yeah ... don't 
flame me too badly for that horrid pun) toward stories on black holes. a 
collection edited by jerry pournelle, called, appropriately, _black_holes_,
had a few stores that were simply amazing. they're all fairly short, so to 
elucidate on their content would be to give the 'hole' show away. 

robert forward's _dragon's_egg_ was also a work that gave careful
consideration to the 'potential' of such a concept. i found his treatment of
the subject quite out of the mainstream, refreshing, and very well thought out
... what i would expect from a physics-type doctor writing sci-fi. maybe
someone should convice stephen hawking to write some sci-fi - *that* would be
scary.