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<p><p>charlie Johns Has Been Snatched From His Home On 61 North 34th Street And Delivered To The Strange Future World Of Ledom. Here, Violence Is A Vague And Improbable Notion. Technology Has Triumphed Over Hunger, Overpopulation, Pollution, Even Time And Space. But There Is A Change Charlie Finds Even More Shocking&#58; Gender Is A Thing Of The Past. <b>venus Plus X</b> Is Theodore Sturgeon's Brilliant Evocation Of A Civilization For Whom Tensions Between Male And Female And The Human Preoccupation With Sex No Longer Exist. <p>as Charlie Johns Explores Ledom And Its People, He Finds That The Human Precepts He Holds Dear Are Profane In This New World. But Has Charlie Learned All There Is To Know About This Advanced Society? And Why Are The Ledom So Intent On Gaining Charlie's Approval? Unsettling, Compelling, And No Less Than Visionary, Here Is Science Fiction At Its Boldest&#58; A Novel Whose Wisdom And Lyricism Make It One Of The Most Original And Insightful Speculations On Gender Ever Produced.</p><h3>library Journal</h3><p>sturgeon's 1960 Stranger-in-a-strange-land Story Follows Charlie, A Regular Guy From The 20th Century, Who Is Whisked Into The Future And Plunked Down Into A Community Called Ledom, Where Men And Women Are Equal On All Planes; The Preoccupation With Sex Is Nonexistent; And Society In General Has Apparently Found The Answers For Which Humankind Has Long Searched. Still, There Seems To Be Something Rotten In Ledom. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.</p>