Venus Plus X

TitleVenus Plus X
Year for Search1960
AuthorsSturgeon, Theodore(1918-1985)
Date Published1960
PublisherPyramid
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Hermaphrodite eutopia. Each individual is created with both sexes. Small, isolated community of 800. Technology and an emphasis on change and forward movement. 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976 with an “Introduction” (v-xxi) by Paul Williams; and New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. UK ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. Also published in New Worlds Science Fiction 34.102 – 05 (January – April 1961): 4-46; 90-126; 80-122, 124-25; 84-118, 120-23 with a “Postscript” (123-24). 

Holding Institutions

Merril, MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

The author (1918-85) was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon.

Full Text

1960 Sturgeon, Theodore (1918-85). Venus Plus X. New York: Pyramid. Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976 with an “Introduction” (v-xxi) by Paul Williams; and New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. UK ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. Also published in New Worlds Science Fiction 34.102 – 05 (January – April 1961): 4-46; 90-126; 80-122, 124-25; 84-118, 120-23 with a “Postscript” (123-24). Merril, MoU-St, PSt

Hermaphrodite eutopia. Each individual is created with both sexes. Small, isolated community of 800. Technology and an emphasis on change and forward movement.  The author was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon.