From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:29:52 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Sirius is young. How young?   
      
   When multicellular life appeared on Earth, there was no Sirius in the   
   sky.   
      
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