Re: An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy,
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]>
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On 10/31/2020 9:32 PM, David Duffy wrote: > In rec.arts.sf.written a425couple <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/31/2020 2:13 PM, Kade wrote: >>>> What Sci-Fi books have involved a planet >>>> that is free and untethered to any sun / star? >>> >>> The T'aafhal Inheritance series by Doug Hoffman has a long-term war >> >> Do they ever explain how advanced forms of life developed >> on a planet without warmth from sun/star light? >> > > I haven't read that, but several people have considered brown dwarf life > (eg _Permanence_). > If there can be life on a neutron star ("Dragon's Egg") then non-light dependent life should be a breeze! :D (Besides, there is serious current real world speculation about the possibilities of life in ice covered seas on various moons in our own star system. Basically same as the deep sea vent colonies on Earth. They survive without any solar energy input.) -- <to be filled in at a later date>