Venus of Shadows

by Pamela Sargent and Sargent Pamela

Book Overview

Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes is the oldest comedic writer in Western literature. Although only eleven of the some forty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553270583
• ISBN13: 9780553270587
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Spectra Books
• Length: 643 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Iconic

Just finished this today after a good 2 year long period of getting through the first two books (pieces of art) solely because i am a lacking human being:) im into chapter 5 of child of venus and OOF SPICY. but Wow loved this even more than venus of dreams it’s definitely to do with the fact that we are thrown even further into the rollercoaster of iris and chen’s line as well as the story of venus becoming an inhabitable planet. i love pamelas writing style it’s no natural for her to seamlessly intertwine raw and human life experiences with the insane terraforming project that spans centuries. i never feel bored it’s genuinely a captivating read. it’s truly iconic! omg love ha pamela is so terribly underrated. the only reason i came across her is because i found the shore of women in a local bookstore back in middle school. saw the cover and it looked so interesting as you all know and the whole feminism aspect/all female society obviously drew my curiosity. so fascinating for those who experience her storytelling for the first time. pls read her works!!

Venus of shadows

VENUS OF SHADOWS (Venus of Dreams) Very good book, pamela sargent carries on the tradition of Venus of Dreams. Highly recommend the book.

Great Reading - Pamela Does It Again!

Venus of Shadows is the second book of the Venus Series. This book goes further than just science-fiction and transforming Venus into a habitable world. It deals with many situations and obstacles that ordinary people deal with each day, proving that wherever mankind goes, his age-old problems will always follow him. The story is extremely well written, highly interesting and will captivate the reader. I've been waiting a long time for the next novel to be published and I'm very excited that it will be out soon!

A rich, engrossing hard-sf *and* sociological adventure.

I re-read this book about the colonization of Venus, the high hopes and hard trials of the colonists, and the obstacles laid on their pathsnot only by Nature but by human evil as well, in one night after having read it the first time long ago. It has stayed with me. It is even better than the first one in the series. It's so believable in its depiction of the wonder and tragedy of the settling of a difficult world and the founding of a new society that's almost scaring. Its characters are believable human beings with no black villains or pure-white heroes, their life and their society feel so significant that I lost track of the fact that they were fictional people living on a fictionalized world. I am eagerly waiting for Ms. Sargent to write the sequel.