The Hole Man
"The Hole Man" is a short story by American writer Larry Niven. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1975.
In this story, a team of explorers and scientists on Mars encounter an alien base, in which there is a still-functional communication device. One scientist believes that at the center of the device is a tiny black hole, but his superior does not believe him. During a heated argument with his superior, the scientist turns off the containment field, releasing the black hole. The hole drops right through his superior, killing him as it falls towards the center of the planet. At the end of the story, the release of the black hole is revealed to possibly endanger the explorers as it consumes Mars.
References
|
|
|
| 1961–1970 |
|
|
| 1971–1980 |
|
|
- Complete list
- 1946–1960
- 1961–1980
- 1981–2000
- 2001–present
|
|
|
|
|
Books
(novels and
collections) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*collections by Niven or mostly others: Man-Kzin Wars (1988) · Man-Kzin Wars II (1989) · Man-Kzin Wars III (1990) · Man-Kzin Wars IV (1991) · Man-Kzin Wars V (1992) · Man-Kzin Wars VI (1994) · Man-Kzin Wars VII (1995) · Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (1998) · Man-Kzin Wars IX (2002) · Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (2003) · Man-Kzin Wars XI (2005) · Destiny's Forge (2007 novel) · Man-Kzin Wars XII (2009) · Man-Kzin Wars XIII (2012) |
|
|
Fleet of
Worlds*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Warlock
|
Not Long before the End (1969) · What Good Is a Glass Dagger? (1972) The Magic Goes Away (1978) · The Magic May Return (1981 collection) · More Magic (1984) · The Time of the Warlock (1984)
|
|
|
Golden
Road*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heorot (with Steven Barnes
and Jerry Pournelle)
|
|
|
|
|
Dream
Park*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
novels*
|
|
|
|
Other
collections
|
|
|
|
Comics*
|
|
|
|
Select
short stories
and novellas |
|
|
| Essays |
|
|