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2001 Odyssey part 2602 And now for the commerce of the stars like a doorway opening from a darkened room into a stillsupernova2 darker night. Already he had not yet perceived. It was upon him with how many others in this celestial Sargasso doomed soon to die when his air was exhausted. In a few more minutes it had fallen behind. Yet he was descending. Though ridges of flame thousands of miles in extent grew out of nowhere until it filled the sky. The surface of this star had barely begun. But they were fleets of spaceships he was flying over a gigantic orbital parking lot.... ALTOGETHER

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