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The cassandra project by jack mcdevitt, mike resnick. His sci fi is approachable to the layman and doesnt get overly bogged down with technical specifics. Jerry culpepper was proud to be nasas public affairs director, long after the first moon landing, budget cutbacks, and public disinterest. On his return he landed in argolis, where aegisthus, who in the interval had seduced agamemnons wife, treacherously carried out the murders of agamemnon, his comrades, and cassandra.
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