Virgin Planet

by Poul Anderson and X

Book Overview

On a planet settled by women, the descendants have long awaited the arrival of mysterious people called "men". But when one arrives, he is nothing like the godlike beings of their legends. Obviously,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000H6MDE8
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Paperback Library
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

NOT a "hardcover book" as advertised.

I ordered a "hardcover" book for $4.99 from one of my favorite author's. What I got was an UNDERSIZED paperback book. The title I ordered, but not even in the same universe of a "hardcover" book. Very unhappy with this order, when you advertise Hardcover, it should be a hardcover.

Everyone is female!

Wouldn't you want to land on a planet where everyone is female? Well, that is what our hero gets to do. He has plenty of problems once he gets there though. Apparently a colony ship with an all-female complement went off course and landed on an uncharted planet. (A feature of this line of Anderson stories is the "trepidation vortex" which can do just that.) The ship's doctor developed a method of cloning the women thus creating a population of identical copies from maybe 50 individuals. The hero doesn't get the girl, at least not during the story, but he has plenty of adventures with an identical pair of fiery (in both hair and spirit) gorgeous redheads. (Anderson loves redheads!) Note that in decisions that must be made involving genetically identical individuals, the roll of the dice is sacred.