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Premise was the discovery of some kind of symbiotic, invasive orgranism. It allowed resurrection / regeneration from death. The use of this creature was widely adopted and developed into a religion, controlling space travel. Interstellar travel was developed, but the acceleration was such that it turned the passengers into goo; only by use of this organism could they be brought back at the end of their journey.
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Premise was the discovery of some kind of symbiotic, invasive orgranism. It allowed resurrection / regeneration from death. The use of this creature was widely adopted and developed into a religion, controlling space travel. Interstellar travel was developed, but the acceleration was such that it turned the passengers into goo; only by use of this organism could they be brought back at the end of their journey.
Thanks in advance.
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Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion/Endymion/Rise of Endymion. Great books.
I particularly enjoyed the Abraham dilemma in the first two.