![]() At one point, there is presented an outline of what is known, giving the author a chance yet again to go through the facts. ![]() And one after another scientist is skeptical and then verifies, in a retelling of the story over and over. They measure the density only to find it’s 10^–9 per 10^–10 per cm^3 or enough density to block out the sun. Indeed, the big black cloud is coming, and quickly. British scientists Marlowe and Kingsley are worried, so they continue to verify and to ask for verification. ![]() Some data checking via a computer with punch cards and many thousands of hot valves work to pump out a verification on a thin strip about ten yards long. Numerous scientists discover a black mass, with a gravitational pull strong enough to pull planets off their orbits, is heading toward earth. It’s wonderful to see many works of science fiction being reprinted these days and in the broadest sense, The Black Cloud is one of them. ![]()
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