Description: Venus plus x by Theodore Sturgeon 1960 Condition:Discoloration to the pagesCreasing to the spineCrease to the front cover to the spine Charlie Johns has been snatched from his home on 61 North 34th Street and delivered to the strange future world of Ledom. Here, violence is a vague and improbable notion. Technology has triumphed over hunger, overpopulation, pollution, even time and space. But there is a change Charlie finds even more gender is a thing of the past. Venus Plus X is Theodore Sturgeon's brilliant evocation of a civilization for whom tensions between male and female and the human preoccupation with sex no longer exist.As Charlie Johns explores Ledom and its people, he finds that the human precepts he holds dear are profane in this new world. But has Charlie learned all there is to know about this advanced society? And why are the Ledom so intent on gaining Charlie's approval? Unsettling, compelling, and no less than visionary, here is science fiction at its a novel whose wisdom and lyricism make it one of the most original and insightful speculations on gender ever produced.
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Publication Year: 1960
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Venus plus x
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Original Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Pyramid books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
