''Old Venus'' is a "retro

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"-themed anthology edited by

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and

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, that was published on March 3, 2015. 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.

The anthology includes 17 stories: *Introduction: Return to Venusport by

* "Frogheads" by

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* "The Drowned Celestrial" by

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* "Planet of Fear" by Paul McAuley * "Greeves and the Evening Star" by Matthew Hughes * "A Planet Called Desire" by Gwyneth Jones * "Living Hell" by

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* "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" by

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* "Ruins" by

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* "The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss" by

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* "The Sunset of Time" by

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* "Pale Blue Memories" by Tobias S. Buckell * "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" by

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* "The Wizard of the Trees" by Joe R. Lansdale * "The Godstone of Venus" by

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* "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" by Ian McDonald

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2015 anthologies Gardner Dozois anthologies Short stories set on Venus {{2010s-sf-story-collection-stub

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