For the idea of orbiting close to a shadow matter star in that story, see Dangerous Manoeuvres.
Kzinti detect and orbit close to such a star in "The Man who Would Be Kzin."
For telepathy as fleeting and wayward in the macrocosm because it is characteristic of the microcosm in two James Blish stories, see Fleeting And Wayward.
In "The Man Who Would Be Kzin," telepathy is a threshold effect amplified by the Ghost Star. Thus, the kzinti crew experience telepathy just as, in the first of the two Blish stories, the crew and passengers of a ship that enters the microcosm become fully telepathic.
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Kaor, Paul!
There's also Anderson's "Journeys End," about how two telepaths reacted with horror and dismay when two fully telepathic persons finally reached each other. To be fully NAKED to each other to the deepest depths of their souls was a stunning shock to that man and woman. All their flaws, weaknesses, petty meannesses, etc., were revealed to each other--to which they reacted with rage. Anderson covers every possibility!
Ad astra! Sean
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