The Black Cloud
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The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by astronomer Fred Hoyle that imagines a sentient interstellar gas cloud entering the solar system and threatening life on Earth.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Fred Hoyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
global crisis management
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governmental secrecy ⓘ international scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
communication with alien intelligence
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cosmic scale phenomena ⓘ first contact ⓘ human survival ⓘ limits of human understanding ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | regarded as a classic of British science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement |
communication with non-human intelligence
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intelligent gas cloud ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacter |
Christopher Kingsley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geoffrey Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ John McNeil NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
global climate disruption
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solar radiation blockage ⓘ use of astrophysics in plot ⓘ |
| hasScientificBasis |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ |
| hasStructure | single-volume novel ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTimeSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | the Black Cloud (fictional entity) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | standalone novel ⓘ |
| influenced | later hard science fiction works about cosmic threats ⓘ |
| literarySetting | solar system ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
sentient interstellar gas cloud
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threat to life on Earth ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | scientific response to cosmic threat ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of contemporary astrophysical knowledge
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realistic depiction of scientists ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Earth
NERFINISHED
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outer space ⓘ |
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