Perihelion Summer

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1. pavel_lishinAug 2026
   For the latter, you mught enjoy Greg Egan's "Perihelion Summer".
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2. squeaky-cleanAug 2023
   If you enjoyed that, you might enjoy Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan. It's climate change scifi kicked off by cosmic scifi. A micro-blackhole is discovered that will pass through the solar system, slightly modifying earth's orbit and raises the tides by a few feet while it passes. It's essentially "what if we instantly jumped forward by 500 years on our current climate progression".

   Spoiler, I found the ending very unsatisfying. It feels like a cliffhanger into a second book, but there is no second book it just ends without much resolution. The actual climate change/societal terror in the first 75% is great though, it was on pace to become a favorite book of mine.

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3. cwilluNov 2022
   Earth's orbit being disturbed fiction: A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber and Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
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4. doctobogganNov 2022
   Perihelion Summer[0] by Greg Egan is a great story with a similar premise (A black hole passing by the solar system and affecting earth's orbit)

   [0]: https://amzn.to/3DNiUDj

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