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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"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 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 2 points 1 week ago

Whoops! That's my mistake.

[–] assa123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

points regained, even doubled!

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

thanks for the good read!