Can I read The Black Cloud on EtoBox?

The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle, Fred Hoyle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Black Cloud about?

A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the sun, causing widespread panic and death. A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happy politicians. In the pacy, engaging style of John Wyndham and John Christopher, with plenty of hard science thrown in to add to the chillingly credible premise (he manages to foretell Artificial Intelligence, Optical Character Recognition and Text-to-Speech converters), Hoyle carries you breathlessly through to its thrilling end.

Who reads The Black Cloud?

Author

Fred Hoyle, Fred Hoyle

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141967493

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14