Old Venus: A Collection of Stories

Old Venus: A Collection of Stories

Sixteen all-new stories by science fictionâ€™s top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois
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From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughsâ€™s Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradburyâ€™s â€œThe Long Rainâ€ to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewisâ€™s Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as Earthâ€™s next-nearest neighbor, Mars. But while the Red Planet conjured up in Golden Age science fiction stories was a place of vast deserts and ruined cities, bright blue Venus was its polar opposite: a steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures lurking amidst the dripping vegetation. Alas, just as the last centuryâ€™s space probes exploded our dreams of Mars, so, too, did they shatter our romantic visions of Venus, revealing, instead of a lush paradise, a hellish world inimical to all life.
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But donâ€™t despair! This new anthology of sixteen original stories by some of science fictionâ€™s best writersâ€”edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozoisâ€”turns back the clock to that more innocent time, before the hard-won knowledge of science vanquished the infinite possibilities of the imagination.
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Join our cast of award-winning contributorsâ€”including Elizabeth Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Mike Resnick, Eleanor Arnason, Allen M. Steele, and moreâ€”as we travel back in time to a planet that never was but should have been: a young, rain-drenched world of fabulous monsters and seductive mysteries.
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FEATURING ALL-NEW STORIES BY
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Eleanor Arnason â€¢ Elizabeth Bear â€¢ David Brin â€¢ Tobias S. Buckell â€¢ Michael Cassutt â€¢ Joe Haldeman â€¢ Matthew Hughes â€¢ Gwyneth Jones â€¢ Joe R. Lansdale â€¢ Stephen Leigh â€¢ Paul McAuley â€¢ Ian McDonald â€¢ Garth Nix â€¢ Mike Resnick â€¢ Allen M. Steele â€¢ Lavie Tidhar
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And an Introduction by Gardner Dozois
Country USA
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-03-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-03-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Old Venus: A Collection of Stories

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