 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Fred Hoyle |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Desmond Skirrow |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1957 William Heinemann Ltd |
| Media type | Print (book) |
| ISBN | 0-451-11432-9 |
The Black Cloud is a 1957 science fiction novel by British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. It details the arrival of an enormous cloud of gas that enters the Solar System and appears about to destroy most of the life on Earth by blocking the Sun's radiation.