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Series: Misc
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0380974363
Pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Morrow,William & Co
Reader Rating: Not rated

Eater by Gregory Benford

Description: Astrophysicist Benjamin Knowlton heads up a learge research center while caring for his terminally ill ex-astronaut wife, Channing. He and his team discover a black hole moving quickly through space, devouring everything in its path, and name it the "Eater." There's no danger—its orbit will miss Earth with room to spare. Then the Eater speaks. It is a life form, an intelligence built into an astrophysical field. It seems benign enough: interested in human art, culture, and intelligence, and eager to share its vast knowledge of many previously unknown alien cultures. But gradually, humans discover the terrifying truth about the singularity. Now, as the world waits, Channing volunteers to undertake a desperate gamble: a one-to-one confrontation with the Eater.