The Black Cloud

Fred Hoyle

first published 1957 Valancourt Books, 2015 238 pages

Penguin classics

The novel's plot revolves around the consequences of the Earth's sun being blocked out by an "intelligent" black cloud.

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The Black Cloud (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) edition · 2015 · Valancourt Books · 238 pages · 9781941147429
Black Cloud edition · 2010 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141967493
The black cloud paperback · 2010 · Penguin Books · 9780141196404
The Black Cloud edition · 1982 · Roc · 9780451114327
The black cloud edition · 1979 · Heinemann · 250 pages
The Black Cloud edition · 1978 · Heinemann Educational Books · 264 pages
The Black Cloud paperback · 1971 · Penguin · 219 pages
The Black Cloud edition · 1970 · Buccaneer Books · 9780899683447
The Black Cloud edition · 1968 · Signet · 9780451016737
The Black Cloud paperback · 1968 · New American Library · 191 pages · 9780451033840
The Black Cloud edition · 1968 · Signet · 9780451022028
Black Cloud edition · 1959 · Penguin Publishing Group · 9780451066053

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