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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-22 days ago“Nightfall”, by Arthur C. Clarke is a short story based on this premise. Except in the story it’s a complex multiple-star solar system that makes it very rare for all suns to set at once. Edit: It’s actually Isaac Asimov.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoAugh! You’re telling me there’s an Arthur C Clarke short that I missed? Damnit I am losing so many nerd points today.
minus-squarequixote84@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIt’s an Isaac Asimov story. An excellent one I cite frequently with regards to human ability to cope with increasing rate of change.
“Nightfall”, by Arthur C. Clarke is a short story based on this premise.
Except in the story it’s a complex multiple-star solar system that makes it very rare for all suns to set at once.
Edit: It’s actually Isaac Asimov.
Augh!
You’re telling me there’s an Arthur C Clarke short that I missed?
Damnit I am losing so many nerd points today.
It’s an Isaac Asimov story. An excellent one I cite frequently with regards to human ability to cope with increasing rate of change.
Whoops! That’s my mistake.
points regained, even doubled!
thanks for the good read!