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   Tony Nance to Christian Weisgerber   
   Re: Inhabited white dwarf systems in SF?   
   19 Jan 26 16:51:09   
   
   From: tnusenet17@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/19/26 3:29 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-19, 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",   
   >   
   > ... among the hundreds of fictional star systems in _Perry Rhodan_ ...   
   >   
   >> but I can't think of any.   
   >   
   > I can't point to any.   
   >   
   > Buuut we can google over site:perrypedia.de for "weißer Zwerg"...   
   >   
   > #740 has a single planet around a white dwarf   
   > #1275 has a planetary system around a white dwarf   
   > #2822+ has a ring world around a white dwarf   
   > #2993 has a planetary system around a white sun   
   >   
   > ... or "weiße Zwerg", "weißen Zwerg" (the wonders of German adjective   
   > declension).   
   >   
   > There are also a few hits from the _Atlan_ spin-off series and the   
   > non-canonical _Planetenromane_ paperbacks.   
   >   
      
   Interesting - thanks!   
   Tony   
      
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