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zabzonk a day ago

destruction (or nearly) via tidal mechanics happens in several of larry niven's short sf stories

ghaff a day ago | parent [-]

As I recall there were issues with the math in Neutron Star though still a very good story.

rootbear 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I believe the issue is that the ship leaves the star in a spin, perhaps too fast to be survivable.

taneq 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I went to look up a relevant story I remembered, and Neutron Tide is indeed it.