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I liked the first book more, but here, the character of Venera is rather more sympathetic when she is the main character, as opposed to just one of as in the earlier find out what is actually going on with the technology supporting their environment novel.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Queen Of Candesce - Karl Schroeder Blue Tyson 2008
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Venera is fueled by revenge for the husband she presumes to be dead and with the powerful key of Candesce in her possession, she may just be powerful enough to change the face of Spyre forever.
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Venera is fueled by revenge for the husband she presumes to be dead and with the powerful key of Candesce in her possession, she may just be powerful enough to change the face of Spyre forever.
July 2007 2007
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For as tough as Venera is supposed to be, I found her decisions to be questionable.
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On their way back to Slipstream (and to Chaison's wife, Venera, and the ruler that betrayed him), the trio meet Antaea Argyre, one of the members of the legendary Virga home guard who patrol the inner skin looking for incursions from outside enemies.
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Surely the answer to the greenhouse effect question is to show them some of the Venera 14 pictures?
Puny Earthlings Dr. Lisa 2008
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Today in 1966, the Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashed on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
madkestrel: Today in 1966, the Venera 3 Soviet space madkestrel 2010
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The second book of a series, although I hadn't read the first when I read this, so the character of Venera Fanning and the precarious situation she found herself in to begin with was new to me.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Queen Of Candesce - Karl Schroeder Blue Tyson 2008
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It lets us see Chaison up close, learn more about the guard and the outside world, and leaves it open for more stories with these characters if Karl decides to bring them back (please more Venera and for that matter Antaea and the rest).
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The first space probe ever to land on another planet was the Soviet Venera 7, which landed on Venus in 1970; Venera 9 sent back photos of the surfacebut it didnt have long to do it: The space probe melted after just sixty minutes on the hostile planet!
George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009
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