The Planck Dive
"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]
| "The Planck Dive" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Greg Egan |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Published in | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | February 1998 |
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.
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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
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