And of course, there's always a new idea.
This one began with a conversation in the car. My dad and I were going to buy food for the chickens we keep at our house, and we got to talking about the stories we liked. One thing led to another, and before long we were talking about how uncreative most authors were. After all, almost every fantasy world is the same. Earth-like.
Well, think about it. Can you name me five different fantasy stories that DON'T have one sun that rises in the east and sets in the west, a planet the size of earth, and physics that are exactly like or very close to the physics of this earth?
Well, consider a planet with two suns, one at each pole, with a ring of ice around what would be the equator. A planet where some beings have an organ that can cancel out the earth's gravitic field, making them almost weightless and allowing them to perform insane aerobatics. A planet where living creatures breath nitrogen or carbon dioxide instead of oxygen.
Oughta be interesting, right?
I give you project 'Starsun'.
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I have a fantasy where the sun rises in the north.
Having a sun at both poles wouldn't be physically stable. Such a planet would quickly by slung into one of the suns or out of its solar system.
Breathing nitrogen and carbon dioxide is problematic for chemical reasons. You have to consider why we breath oxygen: to burn "fuel" and get energy.
It might be more interesting to forgo breathing entirely, and eat two substances (or more) that together can provide energy.
On the other hand, enough magic will fix anything, I suppose.
Also, hi :)
Found you here by googling "tsilkri"
Actually, the way it works is the suns orbit off each other, and the earth is suspended right in the middle. So the earth itself doesn't rotate at all.
Googling tsilkri, huh? Never had anyone do THAT before. =)
The problem is that I'm fairly sure the point in the middle wouldn't be stable. Both suns have to pull exactly equally, but any slight disturbance will undo that balance. I wouldn't give it more than a few million years.
(Nevermind how a planet would get there.)
And I googled tsilkri because you mentioned it at the Key forum. I wondered if there was any info on it somewhere.
Well, the current planet we live on has an inner life of ten thousand years or less, so I'm not too worried. A few million years is plenty of time - our planet developed in six thousand, I'm sure they could do the same. ;)
Well, it depends on the Creator, naturally. Some like to have plausible deniability. Plausible mechanisms are important in that case.
Naturally. Every story has a Creator - including ours - so I'm just copying the best one.
And I appreciate that you're playing the devil's advocate on this one. It helps to go through these questions before anything gets published.
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