Venus and the Seven Sexes

"Venus and the Seven Sexes"
Short story by William Tenn
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction short story
Publication
Published inThe Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories
Publication typeAnthology
PublisherAvon Publishing Co., Inc.
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Publication date1949

"Venus and the Seven Sexes" is a science fiction story by American writer William Tenn. It was first published in the anthology The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories (Avon Publishing) in 1949, and then in 1953 in the anthology Science-Fiction Carnival by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds (Shasta Publishers).[1]

The story was reprinted in 1968 in The Seven Sexes, an anthology of William Tenn's short stories published by Ballantine Books. It also appeared in the 2001 anthology of William Tenn's works titled Immodest Proposals, published by NESFA Press.