''Old Venus'' is a "retro

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"-themed

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edited by

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and

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, published on March 3, 2015. All of the stories are set on the planet Venus as styled in the pre-space probe

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s of the 1930s through the 1950s, when the planet was presumed to have a high likelihood of being habitable.

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

* "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

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* "Bones of Air, Bones of Stone" by

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* "Ruins" by

Eleanor Arnason Eleanor Atwood Arnason (born December 28, 1942) is an American author of science fiction novels and short stories. Arnason's earliest published story, "A Clear Day in the Motor City", appeared in '' New Worlds'' in 1973. Her work often depicts cu ...

* "The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss" by

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* "By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers" 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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