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   On 1/19/26 1:29 PM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   > In article <10klpr8$hcab$2@dont-email.me>,   
   > Tony Nance   wrote:   
   >> On 1/19/26 12:05 PM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>> In article <10kll0a$f468$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >>> Tony Nance   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Have there been SF works that had life (inhabited planets/moons) in   
   >>>> white dwarf systems? I'm thinking "surely there have been - probably   
   >>>> several", but I can't think of any.   
   >>>   
   >>> Systems that _only_ have white dwarfs or systems that have in addition   
   >>> to main sequence stars one or more white dwarfs?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I was thinking the former, but would also be happy with the latter.   
   >> - Tony   
   >>   
   > Any novel featuring either Sirius or Procyon. For example, Bova's   
   > 1972 As On a Darkling Plain, where Sirius B being a white dwarf   
   > (or how it became one) is relevent to the plot.   
   >   
   Ah, yes - thanks. Not that I've read the Bova, but the two stars you   
   mention do show up in many SF works.   
      
   So now I guess I'm thinking more about the former.   
   Tony   
      
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