That does sound interesting Gud. The world-building for that would be a lot of fun.
I'm feeling all verklempt. A competition I've been involved with since January is finally ending and I feel all futless not having a prompt to write to anymore.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
SailAweigh - Apr 30, 2010 10:29:42 am PDT #3275 of 6693
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2010 10:36:59 am PDT #3276 of 6693
brillig
I think Zelazny put Jack of Shadows on a world that didn't rotate, with a nightside and a day side. I don't know enough physics to know what the gravitation would be like.
SailAweigh - Apr 30, 2010 10:40:54 am PDT #3277 of 6693
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's the book I couldn't remember the name of! Was it that it didn't rotate or was it something magical? I don't think I ever finished the book. Oops?
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2010 10:46:23 am PDT #3278 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Gravity wouldn't be an issue. You'd need a thick atmosphere and maybe a lot of ocean to have enough convection to keep the atmosphere in place (otherwise you freeze into solids on the night side, and burn it away on the day side). That convection leads to nasty weather. (All in theory)
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2010 10:51:36 am PDT #3279 of 6693
brillig
Was it that it didn't rotate or was it something magical? I don't think I ever finished the book. Oops?
It's a long time since I've read it, but I'm thinking it tends towards the magical explanation. Or not much of an explanation at all, just The Way Things Are. Zelazny rarely explains, but you're so enthralled with where he's taking the story from that jumping off point that you don't care.
Amy - Apr 30, 2010 3:05:54 pm PDT #3280 of 6693
Because books.
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2010 5:07:29 pm PDT #3281 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
Great blog on research in fiction writing.
So much for my trip to Gliese 581, guess I can cancel that liquid hydrogen order.
SailAweigh - Apr 30, 2010 7:41:26 pm PDT #3282 of 6693
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Excellent article, Amy! I think I have to agree with everything in it.
Barb - Apr 30, 2010 7:43:58 pm PDT #3283 of 6693
“Not dead yet!”
I wanna read that article when my brain cells have reassembled themselves.
After copyedits.
Because there is nothing quite like copyedits to make you feel monumentally STUPID.
Gudanov - May 03, 2010 5:53:40 am PDT #3284 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I didn't have much time over the weekend, but I did a bit of editing. I killed chapter 11 in the process.