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Originally Posted by chrispenycate  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. |
But to a reader like me, if setting takes its place above character then I'm not interested in reading it too much.