(urth) "been teaching literature for over 35 years"

[David Stockhoff]

On 9/9/2013 8:01 AM, Jeffery Wilson wrote:
> On 9/9/2013 4:58 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure - Wolfe's lack of detail wins again - one could find an 
>> argument for how cooling might occur.  But on first principles, I'd 
>> expect a black hole dropped into the sun to have a warming effect.
>
> In the late 1970s conception,  a black hole is an Einstein-Rosenbridge 
> to somewhere else; Abbadon in Urth's case. It's supposed to be 
> literally sending part of the sun's substance and generated energy 
> *away*.  The remaining star is diminished in output per unit mess as 
> well, as lighter stars are.
>

Right. As I suggested, a cosmic drain pipe, eventually replaced by a 
fire hose.