The Planck Dive

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"The Planck Dive"
Short story by Greg Egan
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction
Publication
Published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Publication type Magazine
Publication dateFebruary 1998

"The Planck Dive" is a science fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, published in 1998. It was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. [1]

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Plot summary

The story is set in the polis known as Cartan Null, where five explorers are preparing to send cloned copies of themselves on a scientific journey into a black hole. As they are about to make the dive a biographer from Earth and his daughter arrive with intentions of writing their story.

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