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'''"The Planck Dive"''' is a [[science fiction]] [[Novella|novelette]] by Australian writer [[Greg Egan]], published in 1998. It was nominated for the 1999 [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette]].<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo1999.html#nvt The LOCUS Index to SF Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114125002/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo1999.html#nvt |date=2010-01-14 }}</ref> |
'''"The Planck Dive"''' is a [[science fiction]] [[Novella|novelette]] by Australian writer [[Greg Egan]], published in 1998.<ref name="ISFDB">{{cite web|title= "The Planck Dive" by Greg Egan |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?79950|access-date= 1 June 2024}}</ref> |
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It was nominated for the 1999 [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette]].<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo1999.html#nvt The LOCUS Index to SF Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114125002/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo1999.html#nvt |date=2010-01-14 }}</ref> |
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==Plot summary== |
==Plot summary== |
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The story is set in the polis known as Cartan Null, where five explorers are preparing to send cloned copies of themselves on a scientific journey into a black hole. As they are about to make the dive a biographer from Earth and his daughter arrive with intentions of writing their story. |
The story is set in the polis known as Cartan Null, where five explorers are preparing to send cloned copies of themselves on a scientific journey into a black hole. As they are about to make the dive a biographer from Earth and his daughter arrive with intentions of writing their story. |
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==Publication history== |
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After the story's initial publication in ''[[Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine]]'' in February 1998 it was included in the author's short story collection ''[[Luminous (book)|Luminous]]'' later in 1998''<ref>{{cite web|title= '''Luminous'' by Greg Egan |publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?38911|access-date= 1 June 2024}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [http://www.gregegan.net/PLANCK/Complete/Planck.html The Planck Dive] - freely downloadable from the author's website. |
* [http://www.gregegan.net/PLANCK/Complete/Planck.html The Planck Dive] - freely downloadable from the author's website. |
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Latest revision as of 01:04, 1 June 2024
| "The Planck Dive" | |
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| Short story by Greg Egan | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
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| Published in | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | February 1998 |
"The Planck Dive" is a science fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1998.[1]
It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[2]
Plot summary
[edit]The story is set in the polis known as Cartan Null, where five explorers are preparing to send cloned copies of themselves on a scientific journey into a black hole. As they are about to make the dive a biographer from Earth and his daughter arrive with intentions of writing their story.
Publication history
[edit]After the story's initial publication in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in February 1998 it was included in the author's short story collection Luminous later in 1998[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""The Planck Dive" by Greg Egan". ISFDB. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ The LOCUS Index to SF Awards Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'Luminous by Greg Egan". ISFDB. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- The Planck Dive - freely downloadable from the author's website.
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