I ask: “what if: a bromofluorocarbon world?” “A what?” you might reply. It’s perhaps one of the most underrated of all alternate history what-ifs: it’s well known that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), while inert and non-toxic on the surface, destroy ozone when they waft up to the … Continue readingBeautiful and Terrible as the Dawn
Ah…the white nights, the glow that scatters the midnight sun’s illumination beyond the polar circles. But it only extends down to about 60 degrees latitude, below which the sun is too far below the horizon to light up the sky, and that will never change…or … Continue readingA Noctilucent World…
After a pang of sadness, I turn to watching other people play SimCity 3000 Unlimited on Youtube…and then of course it suggests ambient music videos of the most haunting sort, for there they are: the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center. And … Continue readingDo Zoomers Dream of the Twin Towers?
Go through the list of the nearest stars, and binaries abound…but few are the close binaries needed for the iconic twin sunset scenes from classic sci-fi. Gliese 866, better known by its variable-star designation EZ Aquarii, is the nearest possibility: located 11.1 light-years from Earth, … Continue readingBlack Seas, Red Sky, Three Suns: Worldbuilding EZ Aquarii