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Imagine if such a planet had a small residual rotation left - any civilization on it would be constantly rediscovering millennia-old sites as previously abandon

Imagine if such a planet had a small residual rotation left - any civilization on it would be constantly rediscovering millennia-old sites as previously abandoned regions rotated back under the inhabitable region.

SmallDeadGuy 8y ago
Reminds me of a writing prompt I saw a while ago [0]. [0] 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...
NegativeLatency 8y ago
And constantly scooting back into the warm side themselves.
- sli 8y ago
  It'd be an interesting variation on being nomadic, where you would indeed migrate, but you'd stay in the same "logical" location on the planet. Basically, only migrating laterally, and only once every few thousand years or so.
cwkoss 8y ago
This is a beautiful idea, would love to read a novel based on this premise. The sort of forced nomadism from "only" having ~1000 years before a location becomes uninhabitable would make for some interesting dynamics. Real estate at the leading edge would be very valuable, potentially with some kind of homesteading dynamic for claiming the land (as nobody has lived there for thousands of years). Also value of land would depreciate over time because it would have an 'expiration date'.
- logfromblammo 8y ago
  Eventually, the surface-dwellers start to migrate into a region where a previous civilization went underground, and there is dramatic conflict as the nomads try to claim territory that the diggers never abandoned. Also, the polar territories would only have to worry about precession, and their land might have a longer expiration date.
- jnmandal 8y ago
  I think its doubtful a society like that would adopt a capitalist land rights system.
  - TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
    First opportunity is always something to capitalize on.
- samatman 8y ago
  Start with a tribe nestled in an Eastern valley, with just enough shade and a lake, isolated from hostile neighbors to the North and South. But soon the Bright comes, melting the glacier which holds the lake back from the Dark. They can't cross, it's now full of chunks of ice, and they have to get through hostile neighboring lands. Call it Sunrise.
- stevenhuang 8y ago
  As for fiction w.r.t celestial dynamics, here are two of my favourites that come to mind: Cheela Series and Three Body Problem.

SmallDeadGuy 8y ago

Reminds me of a writing prompt I saw a while ago [0]. [0] 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...

NegativeLatency 8y ago

And constantly scooting back into the warm side themselves.

sli 8y ago
It'd be an interesting variation on being nomadic, where you would indeed migrate, but you'd stay in the same "logical" location on the planet. Basically, only migrating laterally, and only once every few thousand years or so.

cwkoss 8y ago

This is a beautiful idea, would love to read a novel based on this premise. The sort of forced nomadism from "only" having ~1000 years before a location becomes uninhabitable would make for some interesting dynamics. Real estate at the leading edge would be very valuable, potentially with some kind of homesteading dynamic for claiming the land (as nobody has lived there for thousands of years). Also value of land would depreciate over time because it would have an 'expiration date'.

logfromblammo 8y ago
Eventually, the surface-dwellers start to migrate into a region where a previous civilization went underground, and there is dramatic conflict as the nomads try to claim territory that the diggers never abandoned. Also, the polar territories would only have to worry about precession, and their land might have a longer expiration date.
jnmandal 8y ago
I think its doubtful a society like that would adopt a capitalist land rights system.
- TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
  First opportunity is always something to capitalize on.
samatman 8y ago
Start with a tribe nestled in an Eastern valley, with just enough shade and a lake, isolated from hostile neighbors to the North and South. But soon the Bright comes, melting the glacier which holds the lake back from the Dark. They can't cross, it's now full of chunks of ice, and they have to get through hostile neighboring lands. Call it Sunrise.
stevenhuang 8y ago
As for fiction w.r.t celestial dynamics, here are two of my favourites that come to mind: Cheela Series and Three Body Problem.