All,
News items today (Guardian 19//3/11 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/ma ... NTCMP=SRCH) say that Simon & Schuster have paid over £1 million for the rights to a new novel about an earthquake. Topical, but trash, as shown by the plot outline.
"The earth's rotation slows and days lengthen, first by six minutes, then 12, then 24. As the phenomenon – known as "the slowing" – takes hold, days stretch to 48 hours, and gravity weakens, with birds ceasing to fly and astronauts stranded far from earth." (My underline)
As anyone here will know, the rotation of the Earth has no significant effect on anyone on the surface, as is obvious if you think for a moment about standing at either of the Poles, and no effect at all on gravity.
John