That’s one of my very favorite books. It’s fantastic at setting the mood. The further books are ok but not as much to my taste.
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BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Interesting, I just finished reading Rendezvous With Rama.
If a massive object like that was to pass through our neighbourhood I think it could fling planets out of the solar system.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I still need to read the book! My main familiarity with RAMA is the 199(5?) PC game that was mind bogglingly obtuse with math puzzles but the world was SO fascinating! I need to figure out how to play it again with my grown up brain…
The soundtrack was INCREDIBLE…
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Apparently ScummVM supports the game, though idk what’s with the file size in this particular upload.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
That’s awesome! Thanks SO much for pointing me to that! I too wonder what the 2GB size is. It looks like they have two different sets of packages, one being a “source archive” that’s just a raw CD dump.
I can see it, since the game was on like, 4 or 5 CDs back then, and involved a lot of heavily compressed video!
I have a fun feeling that maybe I can run this really well in Bottles, it ScummVM alone doesn’t do the trick. :D
Here’s a link I found to the soundtrack in “CD Quality”, with a download link, if you’re interested.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbSFnTrLHtkp8Yj7bSdaN_…
That 90’s crystal-synth is the most gorgeous thing…it reminded me very much of the soundtrack to Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time. :D
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There’s also an audio play which was neat.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Oh that’s really cool! I’m gonna search for that! Maybe my library has it, or I can bug them to get it. :)
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Oh, I absolutely loved all of them, but it’s def a different kind of sci-fi (less human-techy).
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I love that whole series!!
But yes, this simp is basically a failed star that was prob flung out of some nursery.
charonn0@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
You may enjoy Fritz Leiber’s short story, “A Pail of Air”, which involves the Earth being ejected.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Even with this mass this planet would have to pass one of the outer planets extremely close and quite slowly to have a chance of dragging a planet out of the solar system.
This is the same sort of idea as when galaxies merge. There is little chance of our solar system being effected in that scenario. There is just too much space to space.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Aren’t we currently galaxy merging?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
2-5bn years with andromeda, not even close.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Thank you but I didn’t mean andromeda. I think heard something about merging with a dwarf galaxy or something
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Our galaxy is capturing smaller galaxies but there won’t be a merge of equal sizes for a couple billion years with andromeda.
Nythos@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
With Andromeda, yes
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Haven’t even begun colliding though. We can still see it way in the distance. It’s millions/billions of years away until colliding.
Imagine the night sky far in galactic future when Andromeda is like directly overhead at night. What an amazing view. Shame earth wouldn’t be around to see it.