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Alas, <i>A Brief History of Time</i> was published in 1988, while
BotNS was 1980-83 and even <i>Urth of the New Sun</i> was 1987.<br>
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Fernando<br>
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On 5/29/2011 2:53 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4DE2962A.60200@irit.fr" type="cite">Also,
somewhere in the "BotNS" it is mentioned A <i
class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>Brief
History of Time<span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> (written
by Stephen Hawking, subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes",
but the author and subtitle are
<br>
not mentioned by Wolfe). One of artefacts of our place and time
<br>
in Wolfe's Solar cycle. (I would make a list
<br>
of such curiosities.) It means that Wolfe himself knew
<br>
the book, and probably knew well the science of black holes
<br>
of our time.
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-- Tina Brown, in The Washington Post, 4/19/2005
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