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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
by mangeletti 10y ago
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...
- sciguy77 10y agoWhat are you quoting?
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- scroy 10y agoIt's Mangeletti.
- sdoering 10y agoThis would pull me into the rest of the book. You just feed me images and a whole story to imagine. Thanks a lot.
- joshvm 10y agoI 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&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all 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_planet_rotates_once_every_1000_years_so_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/35mgnn/wp_a...
- orp 10y agoA similar concept was used in Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny, but with fantasy elements. https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Rediscovered-Classics-Roger-Zelazny-ebook/dp/B01F7T7R5O/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472118117&sr=1-1&keywords=jack+of+shadows https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Rediscovered-Classics-Roger-Z...