Venus of Dreams - Pamela Sargent

Venus of Dreams. ============= The story is all about Iris and follows her from childhood through to adulthood and the amazing journey and single mindedness she exhibits to reach her goal, her dream, her dreams of VENUS. The Earth is run by huge conglomerates who are currently terraforming Venus, changing it into a new Earth. this way they can ship new people there and continue their control and exploitation of them. Iris knows non of this and dreams only of getting to Venus. along the way she will sacrifice the security of her matriarchal community, she will marry a man from the 'Projects' to aid her and she will have a baby and ...  Read the complete review

Venus of Dreams. ************ By Pamela Sargent. Introduction: ********* Not normally the 'Type' of Sci-fi I'd go for but the blurb interested me and so I was hooked. An Epic time spanning novel about Terraforming Venus. Synopsis: ******* We follow 9 year old Iris from her childhood living within her matriarchal family. She is an odd child who wants to learn to read and write! Via the computer linked headband she can access the Worlds A.I. Internet and gain all the knowledge known to man. Her extended family, comprising almost completely of women, think she is wasting time and 'Credits'. After all, she ...  Read the complete review