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Corwyn
Jul 11, 2012, 12:20:40 PM7/11/12
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I have a coworker who is trying to remember the name/author of an SF
story & a movie he read/saw as a kid. I know you have ways of finding
things out. Here is his description:
"i believe it was a collection of short stories. the story that I
remember is about a tribe of people that are nomadic. the planet they
live on has a surface and plant life that is unique. the surface is
contantly changing. Hills will rise up in like a few days only to
replaced by valleys days later. the plants, likewise are mobile.
tress and plants will root only to sleep or feed. then they roam as
well. some plants actually try to herd the animals/humans. the weather
is just as volatile. toward the end of the book the tribe reaches a
sea and there are actually rocks there, which are unfamiliar to them.
for the first time they think they may be able to stay more than one
week in a place, only to find out the coast super violent storms. is
any of this ringing a bell? "
story & a movie he read/saw as a kid. I know you have ways of finding
things out. Here is his description:
"i believe it was a collection of short stories. the story that I
remember is about a tribe of people that are nomadic. the planet they
live on has a surface and plant life that is unique. the surface is
contantly changing. Hills will rise up in like a few days only to
replaced by valleys days later. the plants, likewise are mobile.
tress and plants will root only to sleep or feed. then they roam as
well. some plants actually try to herd the animals/humans. the weather
is just as volatile. toward the end of the book the tribe reaches a
sea and there are actually rocks there, which are unfamiliar to them.
for the first time they think they may be able to stay more than one
week in a place, only to find out the coast super violent storms. is
any of this ringing a bell? "
Dorothy J Heydt
Jul 11, 2012, 12:44:23 PM7/11/12
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In article <e5623cfa-7fc4-46d5...@l6g2000pbf.googlegroups.com>,
This sounds a little bit like Hal Clement's _Close to Critical._
It's a novel, though, not a short story, and the "people" the
story follows are local to the planet, not particularly humanoid
(lots of arms, IIRC) who have been brought up by remote-control
mechanisms by humans in a station orbiting the planet. One of
the plot elements is the interaction between these locals and
others who *weren't* brought up by humans; another is about two
kids (one human, one another species) who get into a spaceboat
and wind up floating on the surface of the planet's "ocean" and
have to be rescued somehow. The chemistry of the planet is very
weird, and the terrain changes daily as you describe.
A good story, but perhaps not the one your friend is thinking of.
I may haul it out and reread it today.
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.
It's a novel, though, not a short story, and the "people" the
story follows are local to the planet, not particularly humanoid
(lots of arms, IIRC) who have been brought up by remote-control
mechanisms by humans in a station orbiting the planet. One of
the plot elements is the interaction between these locals and
others who *weren't* brought up by humans; another is about two
kids (one human, one another species) who get into a spaceboat
and wind up floating on the surface of the planet's "ocean" and
have to be rescued somehow. The chemistry of the planet is very
weird, and the terrain changes daily as you describe.
A good story, but perhaps not the one your friend is thinking of.
I may haul it out and reread it today.
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.
david.sh...@ymail.com
Jul 11, 2012, 12:52:39 PM7/11/12
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Could this be PJ Farmer's _The Lavalite World_?
John F. Eldredge
Sep 3, 2012, 10:48:06 AM9/3/12
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:52:39 -0700, david.shallcross wrote:
> Could this be PJ Farmer's _The Lavalite World_?
That would be my guess as well.
> Could this be PJ Farmer's _The Lavalite World_?
--
John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly
is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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