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> Inside a 'thick' nebula, obscuring all other entities in the sky except for their own star and planets. Similarly to the alien planet in Eric Flint's "Mother
by gattr 4y ago
> Inside a 'thick' nebula, obscuring all other entities in the sky except for their own star and planets.
Similarly to the alien planet in Eric Flint's "Mother of Demons"; there was a permanent thick cloud cover, and the the slowly moving sky illumination due to the unseen sun was called "the mother of pearl" by the locals.
I also like the idea of living in a dense globular cluster. Interstellar probes and, later, manned missions would be feasible quite early into civilization's technological development - since you're just a few light-weeks (or less) from another star, not a few light-years like us.
- empyrrhicist 4y agoI thought the consensus was that stars in globular clusters are exceedingly unlikely to host planets, since they'd be ejected by the frequent interactions with other stars.
- gattr 4y agoQuite unlikely, but see e.g. [1]: > Therefore, it is still possible that planets exist around main sequence stars in globular clusters, although at small numbers because of the low metallicity, and at orbital periods of >~10 days. [1] Expected Planets in Globular Clusters (https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1067 https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1067)
- Zancarius 4y agoOh my gosh, I loved that book! The creative depth with the native creatures there and their experiences with humans was captivating.