He Fell into a Dark Hole is a science fiction short story by Jerry Pournelle. The story is set in Pournelle's CoDominium future alternative history. It was originally published in Analog magazine in March 1973. The story was reprinted in Warrior: There will be War, Volume V, edited by Pournelle and John F. Carr.
The story tells of a CoDominium (CD) spaceship sent on a search and rescue mission. However, the mission becomes complicated due to a natural phenomenon.
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