Old Venus

2015 anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
978-0-345-53728-7Preceded byOld Mars 

Old Venus is a "retro Venus science fiction"-themed anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, that was published on March 3, 2015.[1][2] All of the stories are set on the planet Venus as styled in the pre-space probe pulp magazines of the 1930s through the 1950s, in which it was considered a planet where humans could live.

Contents

The anthology includes 17 stories:[1]

  • Introduction: Return to Venusport by Gardner Dozois
  • "Frogheads" by Allen M. Steele
  • "The Drowned Celestrial" by Lavie Tidhar
  • "Planet of Fear" by Paul McAuley
  • "Greeves and the Evening Star" by Matthew Hughes
  • "A Planet Called Desire" by Gwyneth Jones
  • "Living Hell" by Joe Haldeman
  • "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" by Stephen Leigh
  • "Ruins" by Eleanor Arnason
  • "The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss" by David Brin
  • "By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers" by Garth Nix
  • "The Sunset of Time" by Michael Cassutt
  • "Pale Blue Memories" by Tobias S. Buckell
  • "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" by Elizabeth Bear
  • "The Wizard of the Trees" by Joe R. Lansdale
  • "The Godstone of Venus" by Mike Resnick
  • "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" by Ian McDonald

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Martin, George R. R. (June 19, 2014). "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (March 1, 2015). "Books: New and noteworthy". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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