Venus in fiction

Planets and Dwarf Planets

Venus has been a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Early science fiction often imagined it as a human-habitable paradise, ocean world, swamp, desert, or more exotic environment, sometimes with monsters or native Venusians. As its harsh surface conditions became known from the mid-20th century, depictions increasingly presented Venus as a hostile, toxic inferno and focused on colonization or terraforming.

Early fictional settings: Paradises, ocean worlds, swamps, deserts, and exotic environments
Venusians: Often portrayed as gentle, ethereal, and beautiful
Later portrayals: A hostile, toxic inferno

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Article: Venus in fiction (English Wikipedia)
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