"Venus is a Man's World"

Title"Venus is a Man's World"
Year for Search1951
Authors[Klass], [Philip](1920-2010)
Tertiary AuthorsTenn, William [pseud.]
Secondary TitleGalaxy Science Fiction (New York)
Volume / Edition2.4
Pagination3-20
Date PublishedJuly 1951
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satire. Contrasts the frontier world of Venus where men rule with an Earth ruled by women and where men cannot be citizens. Both have problems but Venus is presented more positively.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his The Square Root of Man (New York: Ballantine Books, 1968), 145-69; and in Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn. Volume 1 (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2001), 551-65 with an "Afterword" (565).

Illustration

Illus. Gene Fawcette. 

Pseudonym

William Tenn [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

(1920-2010)

Full Text

1951 [Klass, Philip] (1920-2010). “Venus is a Man’s World.” By William Tenn [pseud.]. Illus. Gene Fawcette. Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 2.4 (July 1951): 3-20. Rpt. in his The Square Root of Man (New York: Ballantine Books, 1968), 145-69; and in Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn. Volume 1 (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2001), 551-65 with an “Afterword” (565). MoU-St, PSt

Satire. Contrasts the frontier world of Venus where men rule with an Earth ruled by women and where men cannot be citizens. Both have problems but Venus is presented more positively.