Old Venus

Old Venus

First edition cover
Editors George R. R. Martin
Gardner Dozois
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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Martin, George R. R. (June 19, 2014). "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ McClurg, Jocelyn (March 1, 2015). "Books: New and noteworthy". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

See also

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