Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
by mangeletti on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @09:28PM
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He was told that when approached the light would swiftly ascend to scorch him. Like the others, he was told to stay in the narrows, where both the light and the cold darkness were at a safe distance, but he set out on foot anyway. When he first encountered the Anteriorkies, Perimetus knew his defiance had paid off, and the Anteriorky leader gave Perimetus shelter from the angry light above...
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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
by sdoering on Thursday August 25, 2016 @03:58AM
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This would pull me into the rest of the book. You just feed me images and a whole story to imagine. Thanks a lot.
Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
by joshvm on Thursday August 25, 2016 @04:50AM
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I don't know any published books that use this as a trope, but it's a popular writing prompt on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/search?q=tidally&res...
This was a good one: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/35mgnn/wp_a...
Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
by orp on Thursday August 25, 2016 @05:42AM
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A similar concept was used in Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny, but with fantasy elements.
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Rediscovered-Classics-Roger-Z...