Title: The Black Hole Passes

Title: The Black Hole Passes Title Record # 50782
Author: John Varley
Date: 1975-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Eight Worlds
Language: English

Synopsis: When a distant star cluster is discovered to be beaming a stream of data to a location outside of the Solar System, a man and woman located in separate satellites in competition to capture and analyze the stream for useful information communicate with each other and fall in love; but they are endangered when a black hole follows a trajectory which passes near their stations.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1978^ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn	Dutch	Een zwart gat trekt voorbij
1979^ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch	French	Le passage du trou noir
1981^ⓘTranslated by Tony Westermayr	German	Liebesfahrt zum Schwarzen Loch
1984^ⓘTranslated by Domingo Santos.	Spanish	El paso del agujero negro

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
9	1976 Locus	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1975	1975-06-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Ron Walotsky
SF Choice 77	1977-00-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Quartet Books	0-7043-1300-6	£0.65^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vi+ 137	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Bob Layzell
Retrograde zomer	1978-00-00	John Varley	Meulenhoff (M=SF #138)	90-290-0569-6		317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Persistence of Vision	1978-07-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC	3441	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
The Persistence of Vision	1978-07-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-8037-6866-4	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
In the Hall of the Martian Kings	1978-09-00	John Varley	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98504-6	£5.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
In the Hall of the Martian Kings	1978-10-00	John Varley	Orbit / Futura (Quantum Science Fiction)	0-7088-8036-3	£1.10^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xv+ 316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
Dans le palais des rois martiens	1979-04-13	John Varley	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #276)			253	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
The Persistence of Vision	1979-08-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-440-17311-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Burns
The Persistence of Vision	1979-08-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-440-17311-6	C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xv+ 316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Burns
Quantum Special 2	1981-03-00	uncredited	Sidgwick & Jackson (Quantum Special #2)	0-283-98585-2	£8.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	414+ xvii+ 316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Voraussichten	1981-05-00	John Varley	Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23381)	3-442-23381-X	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	126	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jürgen F. Rogner^?Juergen F. Rogner
En el salón de los reyes marcianos	1984-00-00	John Varley	Martínez Roca (Super Ficción (1ª época) #90)	84-270-0863-5		173	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Salinas Blanch
The Persistence of Vision	1984-11-00	John Varley	Berkley Books	0-425-07300-9	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 288	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	James Warhola
Dans le palais des rois martiens	1986-04-00	John Varley	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #276)	2-207-30276-8		260	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
The Persistence of Vision	1988-04-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-66221-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 288	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	James Warhola
Persistance de la vision	2000-09-14	John Varley	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #17)	2-07-041592-9		510	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ellen Martorelli
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF	2009-08-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Running Press	978-0-7624-3723-8	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 531	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	joeroberts.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF	2009-08-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-84529-891-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	x+ 531	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Joe Roberts
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF	2009-08-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	978-1-84901-254-6	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Joe Roberts
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories	2013-04-00	John Varley	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-528-4	$45.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Vincent Chong

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