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chrispenycate · 18th July 2007, 06:26 PM

Right, I've worked out how to do it, carbon crystallising out in the heart of a gas giant planet, then blowing off all the hydrogen exterior to leave an Earth-sized diamond. You couldn't fall off it; if you succeeded in climbing up to one of the edges the worst that could happen is that you end up on another facet.
And when the sun is shining off it, that system is one to remember…
Who needed a non.sperical planet, anyway?

Oh, and science fiction has several examples of the setting being more important than the characters (or the story, for that matter) I cite the multi-award winning "Ringworld" as an example.

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chrispenycate resident pedantissimo Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 2,396	Re: On Creating Imaginary Worlds: Questions and Answers Right, I've worked out how to do it, carbon crystallising out in the heart of a gas giant planet, then blowing off all the hydrogen exterior to leave an Earth-sized diamond. You couldn't fall off it; if you succeeded in climbing up to one of the edges the worst that could happen is that you end up on another facet. And when the sun is shining off it, that system is one to remember… Who needed a non.sperical planet, anyway? Oh, and science fiction has several examples of the setting being more important than the characters (or the story, for that matter) I cite the multi-award winning "Ringworld" as an example.