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The Black Cloud
- Valancourt 20th Century Classics
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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. 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.
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. 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....
A 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.”
Critic Reviews
“Without a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read...A terrific yarn.” (Charlotte Observer)
“An eerie story which demands the reader’s attention from start to finish.” (Denver Post)