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Venus of Dreams (Venus #1)
by
Pamela Sargent (Goodreads Author)
Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and night to realize her dream, with only one person sharing her passion, Liang Chen. It seems impossible to make Venus, with its intolerable air and waterless environment, into a paradise, but Iris succeeds. And ...more
Paperback, 480 pages
Published
December 1st 1999
by eReads.com
(first published January 1st 1986)
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When I was nine or ten years old, the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar showed up on my black and white television. I liked the music and was confused by the tanks and American soldiers showing up in place of Roman centurions, but what i remember best was a scene in which Caiaphas or Pilate — some official anyway — looked out on the crown of Jesus' supporters and sang about how "There must be more than 50,000" of them.
Thing is, Jesus Christ Superstar was made on the chea...more
Thing is, Jesus Christ Superstar was made on the chea...more
I pulled this out of my bookshelf in my campaign to reread my old sci-fi books.
The themes are strongly tied to the issues raised by the women's movement at the time. It will be interesting as the story unfolds to see how it looks on what I just noticed is the 25th (give or take) anniversary of the book's publication.
The themes are strongly tied to the issues raised by the women's movement at the time. It will be interesting as the story unfolds to see how it looks on what I just noticed is the 25th (give or take) anniversary of the book's publication.
Well I liked this at first and the world was interesting, but it got so boring and I disliked the characters so much that I quit about half way through.
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this book, as almost all of Sargent's work, is impossible to find.
she is such a prolific feminist sci-fi author, it's truly a pity she isn't better known!
she is such a prolific feminist sci-fi author, it's truly a pity she isn't better known!
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Pamela Sargent has won the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. She is the author of the novels Cloned Lives, The Sudden Star, Watchstar, The Golden Space, The Alien Upstairs, Eye of the Comet, Homesmind, Alien Child, The Shore of Women, Venus of Dreams, Venus of Shadows, Chil...more
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