A Revelation of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke - C.S. Lewis - Olaf Stapledon - Poul Anderson and many others. The swirling clouds of mystery that cloak the planet Venus have exercised an unrivaled fascination for the most powerful imaginations of our day. Now at last their most dazzling flights have been gathered together. Contents: I. CLOUDED JUDGEMENTS Destinies of the Stars by Svante Arrhenius Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs Perelandra by C.S. Lewis II. "VENUS IS HELL!" Exploring the Planets by V.A. Firsoff The Big Rain by Poul Anderson Intelligent Life in the Universe by Carl Sagan III. BIG SISTER Escape to Venus by S. Makepeace Lott Sister Planet by Poul Anderson Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke IV. THE OPEN QUESTION Some Mysteries of venus resolved by Sir Bernard Lovell Dream of Distance by Anonymous Venus Mystery for Scientists by John Davy