The Planck Dive
| "The Planck Dive" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Greg Egan | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| 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.[1]
It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[2]
Plot summary
[edit]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.
Publication history
[edit]After the story's initial publication in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in February 1998 it was included in the author's short story collection Luminous later in 1998[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""The Planck Dive" by Greg Egan". ISFDB. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ The LOCUS Index to SF Awards Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'Luminous by Greg Egan". ISFDB. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- The Planck Dive - freely downloadable from the author's website.
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