Dark Matter (Crouch novel)

Dark Matter
First edition cover
AuthorBlake Crouch
Cover artistChristopher Brand
LanguageEnglish
GenresScience fiction thriller
PublisherCrown Publishing Group
Publication date
July 26, 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback
Pages342
ISBN978-1-101-90422-0
OCLC1004186724
813/.6—dc23
LC Class2015040107

Dark Matter is a thriller science fiction novel by American writer Blake Crouch, first published in the United States in July 2016 by the Crown Publishing Group. The story is about a physicist who is kidnapped and sent to a parallel universe in which another version of his life unfolds because of a different choice he made fifteen years prior. The book draws on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics which posits that every possible outcome of every event creates a new universe or world that runs parallel to our own.[1][2]

Dark Matter received mixed reviews from critics, and was nominated for the 2016 World Technology Awards.[3] A television adaptation, partially written by Crouch, premiered on May 8, 2024, as an Apple TV+ original.

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