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Venus Is a Man's World

William Tenn

First published July 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

The world is ruled by females and there is a shortage of eligible husbands. There are more men in Venus and a shipload of hopeful brides-to-be is flying to Venus. A young boy, who is a ward of one of the women, finds a stowaway: a Venusian man who is returning from the Earth after a failed mission to find a wife.

Publications (16)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 3
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 115
1965 Giants Unleashed Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 93
April 1966 Giants Unleashed Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 93
June 1968 The Square Root of Man Ballantine Books Collection 145
June 1968 The Square Root of Man Ballantine Books Collection 145
October 1970 Minds Unleashed Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 93
March 1971 The Square Root of Man Ballantine Books (UK) Collection 143
February 1981 The Square Root of Man Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 143
February 2001 Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 551
July 2001 Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press Collection 551
September 2002 Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 551
April 2012 Science Fiction Gems, Volume Three Armchair Fiction Anthology 97
October 2013 The Square Root of Man Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2016 Venus Is a Man's World Project Gutenberg Chapbook
October 2019 3 Science Fiction Stories LibriVox Collection |10