Trivia / Hothouse

• Science Marches On: The story wasn't very scientifically accurate at the time (James Blish derided it as "utter nonsense" that ignored the basic laws of physics), but we now know that the Sun will almost certainly not go supernova at the end of its lifespan. Instead, it grow large enough to swallow the Inner Planets, then collapse into a hot, dense white dwarf.

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