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Venus Equilateral (collection)

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Venus Equilateral
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorGeorge O. Smith
IllustratorSol Levin
Cover artistGeorge O. Smith
LanguageEnglish
SeriesVenus Equilateral
GenreScience fiction short stories
PublisherPrime Press
Publication date
1947
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages455 pp
OCLC1289947

Venus Equilateral is a collection of science fiction short stories by author George O. Smith. The stories belong to Smith's Venus Equilateral series. The collection was first published in 1947 by Prime Press in an edition of 3,000 copies. "Mad Holiday" was written for this collection. The other stories first appeared in the magazine Astounding.

Contents

  • Introduction, by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • "QRM—Interplanetary"
  • "Calling the Empress"
  • "Recoil"
  • "Off the Beam"
  • "The Long Way"
  • "Beam Pirate"
  • "Firing Line"
  • "Special Delivery"
  • "Pandora’s Millions"
  • "Mad Holiday"
  • "The External Triangle"
  • "Epilogue: Identity"

References

Notes
Bibliography
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 530.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 400. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.