Table of Contents: ‘OLD VENUS’ Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
George R.R. Martin has posted the table of contents for the upcoming anthology he co-edited with Gardner Dozois, Old Venus. This is a follow up to another upcoming anthology, Old Mars. Martin says “Gardner and I wish to categorically deny the rumor that we are now working on OLD URANUS”. Hiyo!
Here’s the table of contents…
- “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 Joe Haldeman
- “Bones Of Air, Bones Of Stone” by Stephen Leigh
- “Ruins” by Eleanor Arnason
- “The Tumbledowns Of Cleopatra Abysee” by David Brin
- “By Frogsled And Lizardback To Outcast Venusian Lepers” by Garth Nix
- “The Sunset Of Time” by Michael Cassutt
- “Pale Blue Memories” by Tobias S. Buckell
- “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson” by Elizabeth Bear
- “The Wizard Of The Trees” by Joe R. Lansdale
- “The Godstone Of Venus” by Mike Resnick
- “Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts By Ida Countess Rathangan” by Ian Mcdonald
Far out. I have such nostalgia for “old Venus.” Remember the oceans and the giant trees? Edgar Rice Burroughs and A. E. van Vogt and…don’t get me started. Sounds like a great anthology.
These 2 anthologies reminded me of Gearge S.M. Stirling’s hugely entertaining “The Sky People” (taking place of Venus as it should have been), and “In the Halls of the Crimson Kings” (on Mars, almost equally entertaining).