Claire North on writing Slow Gods: the philosophical weight of a supernova apocalypse
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Claire North
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Author Claire North discusses the creative inspiration behind her space opera novel Slow Gods, which opens with a world-ending supernova. She explores the philosophical and human implications of knowing your planet will be destroyed in 100 years — what choices people would make, what they would sacrifice, and how civilization might respond to an inevitable, distant apocalypse. The piece blends literary reflection with speculative science fiction themes.
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· 3 pulledThere is no force in the universe like it, either in scale or destructive power – but though it is irrefutably dramatic, it's also something you can see coming.
What does it mean to look into the heavens and know the exact date when a star will die and with it, your world?
What choices do you make, and what price would you pay to save yourself – or your civilisation?
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