Old Venus

Old Venus is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2015 by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

Introduction copyright © 2015 by Gardner Dozois

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Published in the United States of America by Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Old Venus / edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-345-53728-7

eBook ISBN 978-0-8041-7985-0

1. Science fiction. I. Martin, George R. R., editor. II. Dozois, Gardner R., editor.

PN6071.S33O43 2015

808.83’8762—dc23 2014020453

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Jacket design: David G. Stevenson

Jacket illustrations: © Stephen Youll

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