Venus plus X
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Vintage Books, 1999., New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
213 pages ; 21 cm.
Status:
Boulder Main Sci Fi/Fantasy
SCIENCE FICTION Stur
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Description
Theodore Sturgeon's visionary tale sends a man into a utopian future, where perfection has been achieved at a shocking cost - especially for our ideas about gender. Nothing about Charlie Johns's life is particularly unusual until the day he wakes up in the future. Suddenly surrounded by impossible architecture and technology, Charlie finds himself warmly welcomed by the citizens of Ledom, a fantastic, futuristic Eden with no poverty, no pollution, no wars, no strife, and only one gender. Everything Charlie has always believed about men, women, and sexual identity has been proven wrong, and now he is being asked by his eager hosts to judge their perfect society before he returns to his own time. But something isn't quite right about Ledom's ideal existence - and when cracks begin to appear in its flawless façade, Charlie must unearth the city's hidden secrets... before it's too late. Sturgeon's Venus Plus X is literary science fiction at its most brazen and inventive. A scathing critique of American puritanism that unabashedly explores questions of sexuality and gender, it remains as relevant, insightful, provocative, and troubling as when it first appeared in print. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas's Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author's estate, among other sources.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0375703748 (pbk.)
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Originally published in 1960.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Sturgeon, T. (1999). Venus plus X. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Sturgeon, Theodore. 1999. Venus Plus X. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Sturgeon, Theodore, Venus Plus X. New York, Vintage Books, 1999.
MLA Citation (style guide)Sturgeon, Theodore. Venus Plus X. New York, Vintage Books, 1999.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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