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Titan

by John Varley, Connor Freff Cochran

During an exploration of a massive satellite orbiting Saturn, humans discover the celestial body is actually a sentient alien entity named Gaea, whose mind-like interior alters those who enter.

Accession 15143 ISBN 0425073203 Publisher Berkley Books
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