Old Venus
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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| Editors | George R. R. Martin Gardner Dozois |
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| Author | Various |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Published | March 3, 2015 |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 608 |
| ISBN | 978-0-345-53728-7 |
| Preceded by | Old 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 pulp magazines of the 1960s.
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
