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Reminds me a bit of the old short story The Crystal Spheres. In that universe, once a civilization had attained a certain level of advancement, they intentiona
by jcadam 9y ago
Reminds me a bit of the old short story The Crystal Spheres. In that universe, once a civilization had attained a certain level of advancement, they intentionally migrated to a black hole to await the arrival of others (the idea being that all advanced civilizations in the universe were separated by so much time, that they suffered from a sort of loneliness).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres
- pavel_lishin 9y agoThere's another book whose name is on the tip of my tongue that has a similar premise, except the planet instead of the entire system is encased in a sort of time-dilation field. Naturally, humanity thinks it's an attack.
- zaphod12 9y agoI believe you're thinking of Spin by Robert Charles Winston. Really good book
- pavel_lishin 9y agoYup, thanks!
- solipsism 9y agoSounds like Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoYup, thanks!
- Balgair 9y agoThe BHs act like cosmic 'eggs', with civilizations acting like the 'sperm' then? Talk about first mover advantage!
- Terr_ 9y ago"Earth" by David Brin contains a direct "black hole as sperm" metaphor from one character.
- Flow 9y ago<spoiler about the book Pushing Ice> A similar theme is in "Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds. Someone has built machines that capture beings and then use near-light speed travel to align civilization in time.