# Earth - Paperback

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by **David Brin** (Author)

**In this classic hard science fiction-thriller by the _New York Times_\-bestselling author of _Startide Rising_, a man-made black hole threatens the future of Earth.**

Scientist Alex Lustig has created a tiny, yet very destructive, problem--a microscopic black hole that he accidentally dropped into Earth's core. Now, racing to keep it from consuming the planet, he begins to suspect something even stranger is going on. Something linked to civilization's expanding information web.

And with the planet overpopulated and neglect taking its toll on the environment, there are those who demand a harsh solution: that Mother Earth would be better off without humanity at all . . .

**A Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel**

**"The _Moby-Dick_ of the whole Earth movement." --_Locus_**

**"A powerful, cautionary tale." --_San Francisco Chronicle_**

**"Brin has conceived his story on a supremely ambitious scale, and executed it with all of the skills at his command." --_Chicago Sun-Times_**

**"It is indeed a book that anyone interested in the survival of our terrifying species should read." --Interzone**

### Author Biography

David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include _Earth_, _Existence_, _Startide Rising_, and _The Postman_, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age, _The Transparent Society_, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin's latest nonfiction work is _Polemical Judo_. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.

**Number of Pages:** 622

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** April 09, 2024

## Details

- **Price:** 38.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Literary, Price Written on Book, Science Fiction, Technological, Thrillers

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