The Gravity Mine

Stephen Baxter

Language: English

Publisher: The Drabblecast

Published: Jan 1, 2001

Description:

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Call her Anlic.

The first time she woke, she was in the ruins of an abandoned gravity mine. At first the Community had chased around the outer strata of the great gloomy structure. But at last, close to the core, they reached a cramped ring. Here the central black hole’s gravity was so strong that light itself curved in closed orbits.

Part of Phase Space: Stories From the Manifold and Elsewhere.
Nomitated for Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2001.

© Stephen Baxter 2000, 2001. This story first appeared in Asimov's SF, April 2000, and is shortlisted for the 2001 short fiction Hugo Award.