The Black Sun

Overview:

• Title: The Black Sun
• Author: Jack Williamson
• Year: 1997
• Type: Novel

Synopsis:

The Starseed program has launched 98 quantum-wave ships from Earth to seed the universe with humanity, when social and economic pressures bring the program to a premature end. When the gravity well of a dying black dwarf pulls the 99th ship out of its quantum wave, the crew is forced to land on a frozen planet. There they set out to survive the absolute-zero environment, as well as investigate the history behind the ancient structures abandoned by some prior inhabitants.

Awards:

• 1998. The Black Sun Locus Poll, Best SF Novel (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1997. The Black Sun (1997, Jack Williamson Tor, ISBN-10: 0312859376, $23.95, 352 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1998. The Black Sun (1998, Jack Williamson Tor, ISBN-10: 0812553624, $5.99, 352 pages, Hardcover, Novel)

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