So, one of the fun things we SF writers like to do is speculate about life on strange planets. Tidally locked planets are a particular favorite (I recommend Charlie Jane Anders' The City in the Middle of the Night).
It appears that under certain circumstances, these planets could potentially flip. So, what would happen to any life on them?
What if it happened regularly? Would you end up with a situation like the one with Vinge's spiders, who can survive their planet freezing solid by hibernating?
There's some interesting story fuel there...
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