# Black hole book

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947 "2009-08-27T19:55:26Z")
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### Author: ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947/1 "2009-08-27T19:55:26Z")

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The Black Hole thread in GD made me think of this.

Does anyone remember the name of the book that had a black hole orbiting through the earth?

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### Author: ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947/2 "2009-08-27T20:00:16Z")

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There’s probably more than one, but David Brin’s _Earth_ had something like that.

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### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947/3 "2009-08-27T21:56:14Z")

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There was on in Mars in Niven’s short story “The Hole Man”.

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### Author: ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-book/507947/4 "2009-08-27T22:32:32Z")

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> [@Diz](#):
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> There’s probably more than one, but David Brin’s _Earth_ had something like that.

I think that’s it. Thanks!