ISBN: 0345285387 published 1979
An exploratory team of scientists and a reporter are returning from deep space. They discover a black hole. Not just any black hole but the biggest ever found. At the edge of it sitting next to the event horizon not moving is a ship, the first deep space exploration ship ever launched by earth (the Cygnus). Is the ship still inhabited? Why is the ship not being torn apart by the gravitational forces of the black hole is is so close to? Why is it not moving towards the black hole? After trying to get close to the Cygnus and almost being destroyed, this team of scientists must land to try to salvage parts to continue their own journey home.
Good scifi, different ending not typical of the late seventies. This book was made into a Disney movie in the eighties.
Worth it for people who want science fiction without aliens, trust me humanity is sometimes horrific enough.
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