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Re: I remember a series of books about a planet that was almost tidal locked Isaac Send a noteboard - 15/02/2013 12:17:43 AM
It rotated something like once a century and so had a dead zone that was high noon and a moving band of a fertile zone at the twilight edges. Not sure how good the science was but I do recall that I liked the books.


Maybe Fossil by Hal clement?

If it was Clement it would have been pretty good science, though not necessarily true in terms of how the environment worked.

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A tidally locked world would be horrifying. I'm pretty sure you'd get more than a breeze. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/02/2013 07:07:41 PM 218 Views
I never run the numbers but I wouldn't expect it to gust Isaac - 14/02/2013 08:51:21 PM 492 Views
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Re: I remember a series of books about a planet that was almost tidal locked Isaac - 15/02/2013 12:17:43 AM 478 Views
I haven't read it, but that sounds like what I've heard of West of January. Gher - 15/02/2013 08:20:57 PM 537 Views
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So THAT'S your book's twist in the final act! *NM* ironclad - 15/02/2013 08:20:32 AM 211 Views
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You might find this xkcd blog entry interesting, if you have not yet seen it: Joel - 15/02/2013 04:09:05 PM 722 Views
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