live with Philos, Froure, and Soutin at the edge of Ledom. The book ends with nuclear bombs bursting in the sky, with the Ledom and Charlie being protected by the A-field. Reception Venus Plus X was a finalist for the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Jo Walton has described it as "clever" and "thought-provoking", and noted that it is "weirdly ahead of its time and yet could not have been written in any other (time)." Graham Sleight has observed that the novel has "problems (...) for the contemporary reader": firstly, that "the debate about men and women has moved on", and secondly, that the text "reads peculiarly as if directed at men". References External links 1960 American novels 1960 science fiction novels Novels by Theodore Sturgeon LGBT speculative fiction novels Pyramid Books books