Editing Venus in fiction (section)

=== Terraforming ===
{{Further|Terraforming in popular culture}}
[[File:TerraformedVenus.jpg|thumb|Artist's impression of a terraformed Venus|alt=Refer to caption]]
As scientific knowledge of Venus advanced, science fiction authors endeavored to keep pace, particularly by focusing on the concept of [[Terraforming of Venus|terraforming Venus]].<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}}<ref name="sagan19780528">{{Cite news |last=Sagan |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Sagan |date=1978-05-28 |title=Growing up with Science Fiction |language=en-US |page=SM7 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/28/archives/growing-up-with.html |access-date=2018-12-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> An early treatment of the concept is found in Stapledon's ''Last and First Men'', where the process destroys the lifeforms that already existed on the planet.<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=167}} While Venus has since come to be regarded as the most promising candidate for terraforming,<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=171, 173}} before the 1960s science fiction writers were more optimistic about the prospects of [[Terraforming of Mars|terraforming Mars]], and early depictions, such as Kuttner and Moore's ''Fury'', consequently portrayed terraforming Venus as more challenging.<ref name="ScienceFictionAndEcology">{{cite book |last=Stableford |first=Brian |title=A Companion to Science Fiction |date=2005 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |isbn=1-4051-1218-2 |editor-last=Seed |editor-first=David |chapter=Science Fiction and Ecology |author-link=Brian Stableford |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiphRocVYRwC&pg=PA134}}</ref>{{rp|135}} Anderson's "[[The Big Rain]]" (1954) revolves around an attempt to bring about rain on a dry Venus,<ref name="Westfahl2021VenusAndVenusians" />{{Rp|page=672}}<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}}<ref name="VisualEncyclopedia">{{Cite book |title=[[The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]] |date=1977 |publisher=Harmony Books |isbn=0-517-53174-7 |editor-last=Ash |editor-first=Brian |editor-link=Brian Ash (bibliographer) |chapter=Exploration and Colonies |oclc=2984418 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/visualencycloped00ashb/page/81/mode/2up}}</ref>{{rp|81}} and in his "[[To Build A World]]" (1964), a terraformed Venus becomes the site of countless wars for the more desirable parts of the surface.<ref name="Pournelle" />{{rp|97}} Other early depictions of terraforming Venus include [[A. E. van Vogt]]'s ''[[The World of Null-A]]'' (1948) and [[James E. Gunn]]'s ''[[The Naked Sky]]'' (1955).<ref name="VaasZivilisationenAufDerNachbarplanet" />

The terraforming of Venus has remained comparatively rare in fiction,<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=164}} though the process appears in works like {{Interlanguage link|Bob Buckley|de}}'s "[[World in the Clouds]]" (1980) and [[G. David Nordley]]'s "[[The Snows of Venus]]" (1991),<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=171}}<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}} while other such as [[Raymond Harris]]'s ''[[Shadows of the White Sun]]'' (1988) and Nordley's "[[Dawn Venus]]" (1995) feature an already terraformed, Earth-like Venus.<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}}<ref name="ScienceFactAndScienceFiction" />{{Rp|page=549}} [[Pamela Sargent]]'s [[Venus trilogy|''Venus'' trilogy]]—consisting of ''[[Venus of Dreams]]'' (1986), ''[[Venus of Shadows]]'' (1988), and ''[[Child of Venus]]'' (2001)—is an [[Epic (genre)|epic]] detailing the generations-long process of terraforming Venus, drawing comparisons to [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]'s [[Mars trilogy|''Mars'' trilogy]] (1992–1996);<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=171}}<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=D'Ammassa |first=Don |title=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |date=2005 |publisher=Facts On File |isbn=978-0-8160-5924-9 |language=en |chapter=Sargent, Pamela |quote=''Venus of Dreams'' (1986) launched a much more ambitious project [compared to her previous novel], a family saga set against the backdrop of the terraforming of the planet Venus, overseen by a home world culture that is largely influenced by Muslim attitudes toward gender roles. The richly detailed story continues in ''Venus of Shadows'' (1988), and concludes with ''Child of Venus'' (2001), an epic to rival the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. |author-link=Don D'Ammassa |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsc0000damm/page/322/mode/2up}}</ref>{{Rp|page=322}} Robinson's later novel [[2312 (novel)|''2312'']] (2012) features Venus in the process of being terraformed.<ref name="SFEVenus" /><ref name="Liptak" /><ref name="Westfahl2021VenusAndVenusians" />{{Rp|page=672}} A terraformed Venus reverting to its natural state is mentioned in Clarke's ''[[The Ghost from the Grand Banks]]'' (1991).<ref name="Westfahl2022Venus" />{{Rp|page=164}} In [[anime]], the terraforming of Venus appears in the film ''[[Venus Wars]]'' (1989), where it is precipitated by a [[comet impact]] removing atmosphere and adding water to the planet, and the television show ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' (1998), where it is carried out by [[introduced plant]] life creating a breathable atmosphere.<ref name="WandererAmHimmelVenus">{{Cite book |last1=Caryad |first1=<!-- None; mononymous --> |url= |title=Wanderer am Himmel: Die Welt der Planeten in Astronomie und Mythologie |last2=Römer |first2=Thomas |last3=Zingsem |first3=Vera |date=2014 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-642-55343-1 |pages= |language=de |trans-title=Wanderers in the Sky: The World of the Planets in Astronomy and Mythology |chapter=Ein geplatzter Traum |trans-chapter=A Shattered Dream |author-link2=<!-- No article at present (January 2023); editor for Phantastische Medien, Wikidata Q126753 --> |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_WJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78}}</ref>{{rp|79}}<ref name="StanwayCythereanDreamsAndVenusianFutures" /><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2021 |title=Venus Wars |encyclopedia=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]] |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/venus_wars |access-date=2023-06-26 |edition=4th |author1-last=Pearce |author1-first=Steven |author1-link=<!-- No article at present (June 2023) --> |editor1-last=Clute |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Clute |editor2-last=Langford |editor2-first=David |editor2-link=David Langford |editor3-last=Sleight |editor3-first=Graham |editor3-link=Graham Sleight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Loveridge |first=Lynzee |date=2014-01-04 |title=The List: 7 Most Dangerous Alien Planets |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2014-01-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706063130/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2014-01-04 |archive-date=2022-07-06 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |language=en}}</ref> Gillett suggests that the theme of terraforming Venus reflects a desire to recapture the simpler, traditional [[fantasy]] of early prose about the planet.<ref name="GreenwoodVenus" />{{rp|861}}