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• Venus (Planet)
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• The Voyage of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mercury (1978), by James A. Dunne and Eric Burgess (illustrated HTML at NASA)
• The voyage of Mariner 10 : mission to Venus and Mercury (Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1978), by James A. Dunne, Eric Burgess, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mariner. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Viaje de la Comision Astronómica Mexicana al Japon : para observar el tránsito del planeta Vénus por el dísco del sol el 8 de diciembre de 1874 (C. Ramiro y Ponce de Leon, 1876), by Francisco Díaz Covarrubias (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Observations of the transit of Venus, December 8-9, 1874, made and reduced under the direction of the Commission created by Congress. (Govt. Print. Off., 1880), by United States. Commission on the Transit of Venus and Simon Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collectio omnivm observationvm qvae occasione transitvs Veneris per solem a. MDCCLXIX. (typis Academiae scientiarv, 1770), by Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ (Russia), Johann Albrecht Euler, Ivan Islenʹev, Christoph Euler, Wolfgang Ludwig Krafit, Georg Moritz Lowitz, Stephan I͡Akovlevich Rumovskiĭ, Jean-Louis Pictet, Jacques-André Mallet, and Christian Mayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Expédition danoise pour l'observation du passage de Vénus 1882. (Impr. de J. H. Schultz, 1883), by Carl Frederik Pechüle and Denmark. Ministeriet for kirke- of undervisningsvæsenet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations sur les planètes Vénus et Mercure. ([Imp. Gauthièr-Villars et fils], 1892), by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Venusmond und die untersuchungen über die früheren beobachtungen dieses mondes. (F. Vieweg und sohn, 1875), by F. Schorr (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Venus tablets of Ammizaduga (Oxford university press, H. Milford, 1928), by Stephen Langdon, Karl Schoch, and John Knight Fotheringham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radiophysics, 1965-1966; radiophysical investigations of Venus (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va., 1969), by A. D. Kuzʹmin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Untersuchungen über die ptolemäische Theorie der unteren Planeten (Merkur und Venus). (Druck der Aschendorffschen Buchdruckerei, 1917), by Carl Heinrich Josef Schumacher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the physical properties of the planet Venus (Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1967), by Douglas Aircraft Company and Lloyd Randall Koenig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Considerazioni sul moto rotatorio del pianeta Venere ([Milano], 1890), by G. V. Schiaparelli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magellan : the unveiling of Venus. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology ;, 1989), by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Problems in astrophysics : investigation of the atmospheres of Venus and Mars (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1967), by I. K. Kovalʹ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Motion of Venus, 1750-1949. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958), by Raynor L. Duncombe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The planet Venus. (Witherby and co., printers, 1893), by Ellen Mary Clerke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of the masses of the Moon and Venus and the astronomical unit from radio tracking data of the Mariner II spacecraft (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1967), by John D. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secular variations of the elements of the orbits of the four inner planets computed for the epoch 1850. O.G. M.T. (Published by the American Philosophical Society, 1912), by Eric Doolittle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Venus and Mars nominal natural environment for advanced manned planetary mission programs (Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;, 1965), by Dallas E. Evans, Gary L. Kraus, and David E. Pitts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reconnaissance of the nearer planets ; a survey of planetary problems in the space age (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1961), by Gérard De Vaucouleurs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spaceborne radar obsercations : a guide for Magellan radar- image analysis (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1989), by J. P. Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Payload capabilities of Saturn IB-Centaur for launch opportunities to Mars in 1971, 1973, and 1975 and to Venus in 1972 and 1973 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1966), by Gary D. Sagerman, Tim J. Kreiter, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The planet Venus : one of a series of NASA facts about the exploration of Venus. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1978), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of trajectory parameters for probe and round-trip missions to Venus (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by James F. Dugan, Carl R. Simsic, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-6555 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1971), by Nickolas L. Faust, Thomas B. Murtagh, Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.), and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Is Venus inhabited? (Longmans, Green, 1915), by C. E. Housden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beobachtungen des grossen Cometen von 1807 : sammt einem Nachtrage zu dem aphroditographischen Fragmenten (Vandenhoek-Ruprecht, 1811), by Johann Hieronymus Schröter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sun: ruler, fire, light, and life of the planetary system. (Longmans, Green, 1872), by Richard A. Proctor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radiometric observations of the planets Jupiter, Venus, and Mars at a wavelength of 8.6 millimeters (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1967., 1967), by P. M. Kalaghan, K. N. Wulfsberg, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Absolute infrared radiance measurements of Venus and Jupiter (Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1974), by Lloyd M. Logan, Jens P. Dybwad, Douglas A. Long, Graham R. Hunt, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Celestial infrared calibration sources in the eight to fourteen micrometer region : Venus and Jupiter (L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1973., 1973), by T. E. Cecil, Graham R. Hunt, Lloyd M. Logan, John W. Salisbury, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Venus ephemeris data 1962-1963 planetary radar experiment (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1962), by R. L. Motsch, Michael Erlewine, R. L. Carpenter, and D. B. Holdridge (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac : Astronomical Papers prepared for the use of the, printed by Authority of Congress vol. VI Tables of the four inner planets. (Bureau of Equipment, Navy Dept., 1898), by Simon Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)

• Seismic and Atmospheric Exploration of Venus (SAEVe) Final Report (2018), by Tibor Kremic, Richard Ghail, Martha Gilmore, G. W. Hunter, Walter S. Kiefer, Sanjay Limaye, Michael Pauken, and Colin F. Wilson (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
• Models of Venus atmosphere (1972) [Prepared for NASA under the cognizance of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration;, 1972), by R. B. Noll and Michael B. McElroy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Radiative property data for Venusian entry : a compendium (Scientific and Technical Information Office, Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by Langley Research Center and Jim J. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Absolute wind measurements in the lower thermosphere of Venus using infrared heterodyne spectroscopy (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1990), by Jeffrey J. Goldstein, Goddard Space Flight Center, and University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploration of the atmosphere of Venus by a simple capsule (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1964), by R. A. Hanel and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some possibilities for determining the characteristics of the atmospheres of Mars and Venus from gas-dynamic behavior of a probe vehicle (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963), by Alvin Seiff, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analysis of atmospheric entry trajectories for manned and unmanned missions to the planet Venus (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by Mark K. Craig, Ralph G. Gonzalez, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flight environment design parameters for Mars and Venus (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Flight Accessories Laboratory, Directorate of Aeromechanics, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1962., 1962), by R. H. Zimmerman, C. D. Jones, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, and Ohio State University. Research Foundation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Venus Modeling Workshop: May 9-11, 2017, Cleveland, Ohio (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017), ed. by Jeff Balcerski and P. G. Steffes (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
• Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus, August 10-12, 1992, Pasadena, California (LPI Contribution #789; ca. 1992) (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
• Abstracts for the Venus Geoscience Tutorial and Venus Geologic Mapping Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona, June 12-15, 1989 (LPI contribution #708; Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1989) (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)
• Solar-wind interaction with the planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars : the proceedings of a bilateral seminar of the US-USSR Joint Working Group on Near-Earth Space, the Moon, and Planets, held at the Space Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, November 17-21, 1975 (Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by Norman F. Ness, Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Moon US-USSR Joint Working Group on Near-Earth Space (page images at HathiTrust)

• Untersuchungen über die durchmesser der planeten Venus und Mars nach heliometermessungen auf der provisorischen universitäts-sternwarte zu Strassburg, mit hinzuziehung der anderweitigen vorhandenen mikrometerbeobachtungen. (In commission bei W. Engelmann, 1879), by Ernst Hartwig (page images at HathiTrust)

• Magellan (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. Institute of Technology, 1993), by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploration of the atmosphere of Venus by a simple capsule (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1964), by R. A. Hanel and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Seas of Venus (2002), by David Drake (multiple formats at Baen Free Library)
• The Radio Planet (New York: Ace Books, c1926), by Ralph Milne Farley, illust. by Jack Gaughan and John Schoenherr (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Journey to Venus: The Primeval World, Its Wonderful Creations and Gigantic Monsters (Boston: Arena Pub. Co., 1895), by Gustavus W. Pope (PDF at Toronto Public Library)
• The Radio Beasts (New York: Ace Books, c1925), by Ralph Milne Farley, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• To Venus in Five Seconds: Being an Account of the Strange Disappearance of Thomas Plummer, Pill-Maker (London: A. D. Innes and Co., 1897), by Fred T. Jane
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• A Trip to Venus: A Novel (London: Jarrold and Sons, 1897), by John Munro (Gutenberg text)
• Voyage à Vénus (in French; Paris: M. Lévy Frères, 1865), by Achille Eyraud
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• Escape on Venus (1946), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Carson of Venus (1939), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Lost on Venus (1935), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Pirates of Venus (1934), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Perelandra (c1943), by C. S. Lewis (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• When freemen shall stand, by Nelson S. Bond, illust. by Robert Fuqua and Harold W. McCauley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Boy meets dyevitza, by Robert F. Young, illust. by Lloyd Birmingham (Gutenberg ebook)
• One touch of Terra, by Hannes Bok (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lost on Venus, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illust. by Frank Frazetta (Gutenberg ebook)
• Potemkin village, by Fletcher Pratt (Gutenberg ebook)
• The guest rites, by Robert Silverberg, illust. by John Giunta (Gutenberg ebook)
• We Run From the Hunted!, by Stephen Marlowe, illust. by W. E. Terry (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lair of the Dragonbird, by Robert Silverberg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lie on the Beam, by John Victor Peterson, illust. by John Giunta (Gutenberg ebook)
• Message from Venus, by R. R. Winterbotham, illust. by Michael Mirando (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears, by Keith Bennett, illust. by Al McWilliams (Gutenberg ebook)
• Design for Doomsday, by Bryce Walton (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Green Dream, by Bryce Walton, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Animat, by Basil Wells (Gutenberg ebook)
• Venus Hate, by John McGreevey, illust. by Tom Beecham (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Third Little Green Man, by Damon Knight, illust. by Al McWilliams (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ricardo's Virus, by William Tenn, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Last Run on Venus, by James McKimmey, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Where the Gods Decide, by James McKimmey, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Gama Is Thee!, by Stanley Mullen (Gutenberg ebook)
• Test For the Pearl, by Bill Garson, illust. by H. W. Kiemle (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Venus Evil, by Chester S. Geier (Gutenberg ebook)
• Princess of Chaos, by Bryce Walton, illust. by H. W. Keiple (Gutenberg ebook)
• Purple Forever, by Jack Lewis, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Ambassadors From Venus, by Kendell Foster Crossen, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Enchantress of Venus, by Leigh Brackett (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Pit of Nympthons, by Stanley Mullen, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Palimpsest, by Roger D. Aycock, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sign of Life, by Dave Dryfoos, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• Poison Planet, by William Oberfield, illust. by Herman B. Vestal (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Lost Tribes of Venus, by Erik Fennel, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lorelei of the Red Mist, by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury, illust. by Rube Moore (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Conjurer of Venus, by Conan T. Troy, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Planet Named Joe, by Evan Hunter (Gutenberg ebook)
• Savage Galahad, by Bryce Walton, illust. by H. W. Kiemle (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Blue Venus, by Robert Emmett McDowell, illust. by C. A. Murphy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Color Blind, by Charles A. Stearns, illust. by Wallace Wood (Gutenberg ebook)
• Survival, by Basil Wells, illust. by Joseph Doolin (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Vanishing Venusians, by Leigh Brackett (Gutenberg ebook)
• Chimera World, by Wilbur S. Peacock (Gutenberg ebook)
• Double-Cross, by Frederik Pohl (Gutenberg ebook)
• Terror Out of Space, by Leigh Brackett, illust. by Ronald Clyne (Gutenberg ebook)
• Alcatraz of the Starways, by Albert dePina and Henry Hasse (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Blue Behemoth, by Leigh Brackett, illust. by Robert J. Leydenfrost (Gutenberg ebook)
• Assignment on Venus, by Carl Jacobi, illust. by Joseph Doolin (Gutenberg ebook)
• Menace of the Mists, by H. L. Gold, illust. by Joseph Doolin (Gutenberg ebook)
• Citadel of Lost Ships, by Leigh Brackett (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stranger From Space, by Hannes Bok, illust. by Art Saaf (Gutenberg ebook)
• Planet of No-Return, by Wilbur S. Peacock, illust. by Matt Fox (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Star-Master, by Ray Cummings, illust. by Frank R. Paul (Gutenberg ebook)
• Venus Enslaved, by Manly Wade Wellman, illust. by Winfield Scott Hoskins (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Thing of Venus, by Wilbur S. Peacock, illust. by Leo Morey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Spawn of the Venus Sea, by Harry Walton, illust. by Leo Morey (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Victory of Klon, by Wilbur S. Peacock, illust. by Don Lynch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Genesis!, by R. R. Winterbotham, illust. by Leo Morey (Gutenberg ebook)
• The War-Nymphs of Venus, by Ray Cummings, illust. by Frank R. Paul (Gutenberg ebook)
• 4-1/2B, Eros, by Malcolm Jameson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Stellar Legion, by Leigh Brackett, illust. by Hannes Bok (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beyond Light, by Nelson S. Bond, illust. by Leo Morey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Venus Has Green Eyes, by Carl Selwyn, illust. by Don Lynch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Martian Terror, by Ed Earl Repp, illust. by Leo Morey (Gutenberg ebook)
• Monopoly, by Vic Phillips and Scott Roberts, illust. by William A. Kolliker (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Dragon Slayers, by Frank Banta (Gutenberg ebook)
• Peace, by Norman Arkawy and Stanley Henig (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Earthman on Venus (Originally titled "The Radio Man"), by Ralph Milne Farley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Prospector's Special, by Robert Sheckley, illust. by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Amateur in Chancery, by George O. Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Coffin for Jacob, by Edward W. Ludwig, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• Publicity Stunt, by Robert Moore Williams, illust. by Robert Fuqua (Gutenberg ebook)
• Spacewrecked on Venus, by Neil R. Jones (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Merchants of Venus, by A. H. Phelps, illust. by Kelly Freas (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Golden Amazons of Venus, by John Murray Reynolds (Gutenberg ebook)
• Collector's Item, by Evelyn E. Smith, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wealth of Echindul, by Noel M. Loomis (Gutenberg ebook)
• One Purple Hope!, by Henry Hasse (Gutenberg ebook)
• Foundling on Venus, by John De Courcy and Dorothy De Courcy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Wind, by Charles L. Fontenay (Gutenberg ebook)

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