A select group of scientists and astronomers. Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the sun, causing widespread panic and death. A 1959 classic hard science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. for the first time in over 40 years in this edition, published to coincide with the centennial of the author's birth and featuring a new foreword by Geoffrey Hoyle. The Black Cloud (Penguin Modern Classics) Kindle Edition. Will earth survive the black cloud Vintage science fiction novel 'The Black Cloud' by Fred Hoyle. Ī landmark of British science fiction, The Black Cloud (1957) was the first novel by world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001), who used his own scientific background to create a frighteningly real apocalyptic thriller in which, Hoyle said, 'there is very little that could not conceivably happen.' Long recognized as a classic in Great Britain, Hoyle's novel returns to print in the U.S. Vintage science fiction novel 'The Black Cloud' by Fred Hoyle.

But when they uncover the truth behind its origins, they will be forced to reconsider everything they think they know about the nature of life in the universe. With the fate of every living thing on Earth in the balance, world leaders assemble a team of brilliant scientists to figure out a way to stop the cloud.

If their calculations are correct, the cloud's path will bring it between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays and threatening unimaginable consequences for our planet.

It details the arrival of an enormous cloud of gas that enters the solar system and appears about to destroy most of the life on Earth by blocking the Suns radiation. Astronomers in England and America have made a terrifying discovery: an ominous black cloud the size of Jupiter is travelling straight towards our solar system. The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.

The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle