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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Augh!

You're telling me there's an Arthur C Clarke short that I missed?

Damnit I am losing so many nerd points today.

[-] quixote84@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

It's an Isaac Asimov story. An excellent one I cite frequently with regards to human ability to cope with increasing rate of change.

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Whoops! That's my mistake.

[-] assa123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

points regained, even doubled!

[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

thanks for the good read!

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