Subtitled "A History of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction".
Edited by Brian W. Aldiss, assisted by Harry Harrison.
This anthology was devised as a celebration of the landing of the Soviet
space craft on the surface of Venus on October 18th, 1967. It contains a
mixture of factual articles and science fiction stories, along with some
more fanciful stories from earlier centuries.
Foreword, by Brian W. Aldiss
Section I: Clouded Judgements, introduction by BWA
Extracts from A Trip to Venus by John Munro
The Story of the Heavens, by Sir Robert Ball
Honeymoon in Space, by George Griffith
Section II: Never Fading Flowers, introduction by BWA
Extracts from: The Destinies of the Stars, by Svante Arrhenius*
Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon*
Pirates of Venus, by Edgar Rice Burroughs*
Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis*
Section III: Swamp and Sand, introduction by BWA
Alchemy, by John and Dorothy de Courcy
"The Man From Venus" by Frank P. Paul
"A City on Venus" by Henry Gade
"Unveiling the Mystery Planet" by Willy Ley
Section IV: "Venus is Hell!" introduction by BWA
Exploring the Planets, by V.A. Firsoff*
"The Big Rain" by Poul Anderson*
Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Carl Sagan
Section V: Big Sister, introduction by BWA
Escape to Venus, by S. Makepeace Lott
"Sister Planet" by Poul Anderson*
"Before Eden" by Arthur C. Clarke*
Section VI: The Open Question, introduction by BWA
"Some Mysteries of Venus Resolved" by Sir Bernard Lovell
"Dream of Distance" Anonymous (BWA)
"Venus Mystery for Scientists" by John Davy*
"Scientist Says Icecaps on Venus Would Make Life Possible" by
Evert Clark
Bibliography
London: MacDonald, October 1968, 293pp., ISBN: 0-356-02466-0, hbk.
as: All About Venus: A Revelation of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction. New York: Dell, October 1968. 219pp., Cover: Jones. Note: This edition was abridged, with stories being cut by the publisher. Contents of this edition are marked with an asterisk in the contents list above. In this edition, 'Section I: Clouded Judgements' contains the stories from 'Section II,' and there is no section titled 'Never-Fading Flowers'.
London: Panther, April 1971, 268pp., ISBN: 0-586-03460-9, pbk. Reprinted June 1977, Cover: Chris Foss.
