false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241931522m/845074.jpg 845074 7 In <I>Venus Plus X</I>, Charlie Johns, a 20th-century man, awakes in a future in which hunger, overpopulation, bigotry, and war have been eliminated--and gender has vanished. Everything humanity knows about its divided nature is no longer true--and perhaps never was.<p> Theodore Sturgeon and Philip Jose Farmer were among the first SF writers to deal with sexuality in an open, adult manner. Sturgeon's approach was further distinguished by his uncommon awareness of sexual diversity and his passionate belief in the healing power of love. His story, "The World Well Lost" (1953), was the first SF work to present homosexuality sympathetically, and <I>Venus Plus X</I> (1960) was among the earliest SF works to explore and challenge gender-role stereotypes, and surely the first to do so with a vision of a single-sex, androgynous human race. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 924050 1960 Venus Plus X total:119|5:26|4:39|3:46|2:7|1:1| 119 439 190 8 2 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 20 14:14:17 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 13:54:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 12:41:12 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 02:42:47 -0800 2008 1
Hmm...where to begin? Its about a man called Charlie Johns... or is it? Its about a journey through time... or is it? Its about a race of hermaphrodites... or is it? Its a tale about learning who you are... or is it? And finally... its a tale of love... or is it? ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 02:31:21 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 14:03:50 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 15:47:26 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 15:49:19 -0700 2008 Very 1960. Reasonable exploration of gender and duality, especially for the time period. Not up to the snuff I expect from Sturgeon. Paled in comparison to Left Hand of Darkness, but then so does most gender-related SF.]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 02 21:39:39 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 21:42:11 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jan 10 18:34:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 18:35:04 -0800 2008 Still, bizarre androgynous utopianism- I'm in.]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:20:50 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 16:10:10 -0700 2008
Not much to recommend beyond the solid prose.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Apr 18 10:48:40 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 11:42:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 09:25:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 09:25:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:48:57 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:49:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 09:54:38 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 09:54:38 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 17:24:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:24:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 10:22:25 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 10:22:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 04:44:12 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 04:44:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 11:19:20 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:19:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:42:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:42:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 17:03:32 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:52:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 14:26:49 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 14:26:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 07:01:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 07:01:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 09:01:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:01:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=845074