Venus and the Seven Sexes

Venus and the Seven Sexes

"Venus and the Seven Sexes" is a short science-fiction story written by William Tenn in 1947. It was reprinted in 1968 as part of "The Seven Sexes", a collection of Tenn's stories.

In the story, mankind discovers a race living on Venus which requires seven different sexes in order to reproduce. Unfortunatelly, mankind is represented by a hollywood director, who starts to civilize them by typical hollywood stories.


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