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Ilium (2003) by Dan Simmons

Science Fiction meets classical literature & the alchemy invigorates. The Iliad mixed with Shakespeare makes for a crazed future as posthumans on Mars reimagine themselves as Greek gods. The pastiche is familiar, yet the execution is a fun space saga!

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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe! Commander John Hanson and his crew face a terrifying, desperate encounter with monstrous, tentacled lifeforms on a dark, alien planet.
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Read our interview with science fiction author Jon Adcock, whose story "Homecoming" recently appeared on Starfarer's Cafe.
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Artist: Dirk Wachsmuth
Title: UFOs

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“We Old Ones always live on. ... In your human body, do you still remember what it feels like to be immortal, to do what we must to remain so?
- from my short story "Dark Secrets"
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He stopped just short of them. Grimy sweat covered their faces. “You’re men!” he shouted. “You’re men!”
- from my short story "The Rescue"
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