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 10 months 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 10 months ago
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 months 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 10 months ago
Apparently ScummVM supports the game, though idk what’s with the file size in this particular upload.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 months 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 10 months ago
There’s also an audio play which was neat.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
You may enjoy Fritz Leiber’s short story, “A Pail of Air”, which involves the Earth being ejected.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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 10 months ago
Aren’t we currently galaxy merging?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 months ago
2-5bn years with andromeda, not even close.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
With Andromeda, yes
victorz@lemmy.world 10 months 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.