Strange Eden

"Strange Eden" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in Imagination magazine, December 1954.

"Strange Eden" was originally published in the December 1954 issue of Imagination

Plot

It tells of a planetary survey team that encounters an immortal woman on an uninhabited planet. The woman reveals that her race has visited Earth over the entire course of human history and were the inspiration for ancient gods and goddesses. The woman, however, causes humans to 'fast-evolve' into large lion-like creatures.

gollark: Unfortunately Lua is bad in other ways.
gollark: Lua can also do that.
gollark: I STILL haven't found a language I actually LIKE USING for LARGE THINGS.
gollark: Rust does, unfortunately, also do it, if slightly less so since you can run an async task synchronously.
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