# Another - What was the name of this book ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767 "2014-09-07T14:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/1 "2014-09-07T14:07:00Z")
It was bad science, but a fun read. Evil scientists create a tiny tiny black hole on a mountain top. They lose control of it and it starts oscillating back and forth through the earth. Punching holes and slowly eating up the earth. I think the opening scene was that it punched a perfect dime size hole through a Russian aircraft carrier. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/2 "2014-09-07T14:10:31Z")
Damn, it sounds familiar. Any other details? Era written? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/3 "2014-09-07T14:25:58Z")
Does [The Doomsday Effect](http://www.amazon.com/The-Doomsday-Effect-Thomas-Wren/dp/0671655795) ring any bells? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/4 "2014-09-07T14:30:22Z")
There are mini black holes in Hogan’s “Thrice Upon a Time” but those happened by accident. There are a few mini black holes in Brin’s “Earth” but this doesn’t seem to fit what you’re talking about either. Another possible fit is Bill DeSmedt’s “Singularity”. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/5 "2014-09-07T15:31:04Z")
Vaguely similar to Benford’s The Artifact. Two trapped singularities known as ancient relics bore through the earth to combine. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/6 "2014-09-07T19:02:08Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Damn, it sounds familiar. Any other details? Era written? Mid 80’s I think. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/7 "2014-09-07T19:04:06Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Does [The Doomsday Effect](http://www.amazon.com/The-Doomsday-Effect-Thomas-Wren/dp/0671655795) ring any bells? Looked at your link. Don’t remember an earthquake in the book, but that one does look interesting. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/8 "2014-09-07T19:05:38Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Vaguely similar to Benford’s The Artifact. Two trapped singularities known as ancient relics bore through the earth to combine. Sounds interesting too. That’s not it, but I have gotten some interesting suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/9 "2014-09-07T22:37:27Z")
Definitely not the Benford book. It sounds a bit like Baxter’s Moonseed - the nasty bit gets loose on a hill in Scotland, but there are no real bad guys around, and it isn’t a black hole. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/10 "2014-09-07T22:57:03Z")
Is it listed [here?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes_in_fiction) ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/11 "2014-09-08T17:34:20Z")
Reminds me of the plot of [Douglas Preston’s _Impact_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_(novel)), but many of the details are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/12 "2014-09-08T17:51:17Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Is it listed [here?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes_in_fiction) Don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/13 "2014-09-08T18:18:52Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Reminds me of the plot of [Douglas Preston’s _Impact_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_(novel)), but many of the details are wrong. Yeah, that was a pretty good one. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/14 "2014-09-09T01:18:27Z")
[The Krone Experiment](http://blackholes.stardate.org/popculture/list.php?pt=3)? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/15 "2014-09-09T01:55:15Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > [The Krone Experiment](http://blackholes.stardate.org/popculture/list.php?pt=3)? That does sound promising - from your cite "The Cold War totters toward a hot war after something punches a hole in a Soviet aircraft carrier and the Soviets blame the Americans. After similar incidents around the world, though, a more chilling explanation emerges. A black hole created in a scientific laboratory has plunged through Earth. " ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/16 "2014-09-09T02:47:16Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Does [The Doomsday Effect](http://www.amazon.com/The-Doomsday-Effect-Thomas-Wren/dp/0671655795) ring any bells? Wait… the author’s name is Thomas T. Thomas? (“Wren” is a pseudonym) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-was-the-name-of-this-book/697767/17 "2014-09-09T21:10:57Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > [The Krone Experiment](http://blackholes.stardate.org/popculture/list.php?pt=3)? That’s GOT to be it. Thanks.