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* CozyCatastrophe: As the end drew closer, the authorities tried to make the impending nova as painless as possible.
* CrapsackWorld: Despite all the efforts done to ease humanity's suffering, some parts of Earth still plunged into chaos as the end drew near.
* CrapsackWorld: Despite all the efforts done to ease humanity's suffering, some parts of Earth still plunged into chaos as the end drew near.
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* CozyCatastrophe: As the end drew closer, the authorities tried to make the impending nova as painless as possible.
possible for those left behind, from maintaining some semblance of functional order, to providing options for suicide.
* CrapsackWorld:Despite That said, despite all the efforts done to ease humanity's suffering, some parts of Earth still plunged into chaos as the end drew near.
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* ForWantOfANail: Invoked in the opening chapters, where it's revealed that a seemingly obscure discovery of peculiar solar anomalies in the 20th Century helped shape the future of mankind for generations to come.
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* ForWantOfANail: Invoked in the opening chapters, where it's revealed that a seemingly obscure discovery of peculiar solar anomalies in the 20th Century helped shape the future of mankind for generations to come. This extends to how the means to escape the Sun's eventual nova via SleeperStarship are discovered almost at the eleventh hour thanks to a minor ''error'' found in the calculations.
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** It's also mentioned that there were other "lost colonies" with similar-sounding cases, including one sent by Mormons. Some of the characters wonder if even ''they'' made it out alright.
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** It's also mentioned that there were other "lost colonies" with similar-sounding cases, including one ones sent by Mormons.Mormons and Muslims. Some of the characters wonder if even ''they'' made it out alright.
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* HumanPopsicle: Most of the survivors from Earth aboard the ''Magellan''/''Argo'' [[spoiler: including the hero Leon/Loren/Falcon's pregnant wife.]]
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* SleeperStarship: Most of the survivors from Earth are in stasis aboard the ''Magellan''/''Argo'' [[spoiler: including the hero Leon/Loren/Falcon's pregnant wife.]]
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* CreatorsOddball: Unlike Clarke's other works, this piece focuses on characterization and emotional development, instead of technological change. In some sense, it was written as a response to critics who attacked his writings as cold and impersonal.
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* CreatorsOddball: Unlike Clarke's other works, this piece focuses on characterization and emotional development, instead of technological change. In some sense, it was written as a response to critics who attacked his writings as cold and impersonal.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Unlike Clarke's other works, this piece focuses on characterization and emotional development, instead of technological change. In some sense, it was written as a response to critics who attacked his writings as cold and impersonal.
