To a man it means extra work extending over many years to support his family.

To a woman it means pain and endless worry. for the first time in over 40 years in this edition, published to coincide with the centennial of the author's birth and featuring a new foreword by Geoffrey Hoyle. Fred Hoyle, The Black Cloud 8 likes Like Viewed from a wholly logical point of view the bearing and rearing of children is a thoroughly unattractive proposition. Ī landmark of British science fiction, The Black Cloud (1957) was the first novel by world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001), who used his own scientific background to create a frighteningly real apocalyptic thriller in which, Hoyle said, 'there is very little that could not conceivably happen.' Long recognized as a classic in Great Britain, Hoyle's novel returns to print in the U.S. But when they uncover the truth behind its origins, they will be forced to reconsider everything they think they know about the nature of life in the universe. (Hoyle first broached this possibility in 1957 in The Black Cloud, which remains the best known of his many science fiction novels.) These space-faring microbes supposedly provided the seeds for. With the fate of every living thing on Earth in the balance, world leaders assemble a team of brilliant scientists to figure out a way to stop the cloud. If their calculations are correct, the cloud's path will bring it between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays and threatening unimaginable consequences for our planet. Astronomers in England and America have made a terrifying discovery: an ominous black cloud the size of Jupiter is travelling straight towards our solar system.

The black cloud by fred hoyle