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I read a fiction book about a tiny black hole getting caught in the planets gravity well then falling threw Earth back and forth just fucking stuff up every time. Scary stuff.


Maybe ...

Earth by Brin

Hyperion Cantos by Simmons

Ilium by Simmons

Doomsday Effect by Thomas Wren

If I thought for a few more minutes I could probably come up with a half dozen examples (or expanded the definition to include eating the moon or mars, or included ones where it would be a massive spoiler)...

A gravitationally captured/trapped black hole eating earth is relatively common plot device in science fiction.


Sounds familiar, could that be the Big Mistake in Hyperion or the Hole Man short story? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hole_Man https://hyperioncantos.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Mistake



Do you remember its name?




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