FAREWELL,
FANTASTIC
VENUS!
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 Brian W. Aldiss
Harry Harrison

Publication: 1971, Panther, 1st thus

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11 • Foreword • by Brian W. Aldiss
13 • Clouded Judgements • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
20 • A Trip to Venus (excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by John Munro
28 • The Story of the Heavens • (1882) • essay by Sir Robert Ball
33 • Honeymoon in Space (excerpt) • [Stories of Other Worlds] • (1968) • short fiction by George Griffith
48 • Never-Fading Flowers • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
50 • The Destinies of the Stars • (1968) • essay by Svante Arrhenius (trans. of Stjärnornas Öden 1915)
53 • Last and First Men (excerpt) • (1966) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
78 • Pirates of Venus (Excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
87 • Perelandra (Excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by C. S. Lewis
104 • Swamp and Sand • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
107 • Alchemy • (1950) • short story by Dorothy de Courcy and John de Courcy
115 • The Man from Venus • (1939) • essay by Frank R. Paul
116 • A City on Venus • (1941) • essay by unknown [as by Henry Gade]
119 • Unveiling the Mystery Planet • (1955) • essay by Willy Ley (variant of For Your Information: Unveiling the Mystery Planet)
127 • "Venus Is Hell!" • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
130 • Exploring the Planets • (1964) • essay by V. A. Firsoff
132 • The Big Rain • [Psychotechnic League] • (1954) • novella by Poul Anderson
200 • Intelligent Life in the Universe (excerpt) • (1966) • essay by Carl Sagan
207 • Big Sister • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
208 • Escape to Venus (excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by S. Makepeace Lott
211 • Sister Planet • (1959) • novella by Poul Anderson
240 • Before Eden • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
252 • The Open Question • (1968) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
256 • Some Mysteries of Venus Resolved • (1967) • essay by Sir Bernard Lovell
260 • Dream of Distance • (1967) • essay by Anonymous
263 • Venus Mystery for Scientists • (1967) • essay by John Davy
266 • Scientist Says Icecaps on Venus Would Make Life Possible • (1968) • essay by Evert Clark
269 • Bibliography of Principal Nonfiction Works Consulted

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