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Venusians - Wikipedia. In science fiction and ufology, a Venusian or Venerian is a native inhabitant of the planet. Venus. Many science fiction writers have imagined what extraterrestrial life on Venus might be like. Etymology[edit]The word "Venusian" is simply a combination of the name of the planet Venus and the suffix - ian, formed on the analogy of "Martian" (as if = "Marsian"). It is usually pronounced or . Based on the latter pronunciation, the spelling "Venutian" is sometimes found. The classically derived form of the word would be "Venerean" or "Venerian" (cf.

Latin: venereus, venerius "belonging to the goddess Venus"), but these forms have been used by only a few authors (e. Robert A. Heinlein). Scientists sometimes use the adjective "Cytherean" to describe Venus, from the goddess' epithet Cytherea. Venusian" is used in preference to "Venerean" due to the latter's use in the term venereal disease.[1]In fiction[edit]In comics and manga[edit]. Cover of 1. 95. 0 Avon comic adaptation of The Radio Man.

In early Captain Marvel stories, Venusians are giant frog- like amphibians which are ruled over by the evil mad scientist Doctor Sivana and his family. They are used to the tropical jungles of Venus and find Earth cold, and are quite savage. Venus is inhabited by other savage creatures, some which resemble prehistoric beasts, such as the centaur- like Gorillalion (which is half- gorilla half- lion).

Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews.com. In early Captain Marvel stories, Venusians are giant frog-like amphibians which are ruled over by the evil mad scientist Doctor Sivana and his family.

The Hydrads of Venus, who resemble huge animated sponges, appear in Planet Comics, in the Lost World section. If hurt, water can restore them to health. Though opposed to the Voltamen who have invaded Earth, they are also enemies to Hunt Bowman. In the Superman story which had the first appearance of the Legion of Super- Villains, one of the members was Cosmic King, a scientist who worked on transmuting elements, but when he was struck by the ray he gained the power to send those beams from his eyes.

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However, he was exiled from Venus for these experiments. In DC Comics' All- Star Comics #1. JSA are gassed by Nazis and rocketed to different planets. Wonder Woman is sent to Venus and finds it to be inhabited by fairies led by Queen Desira, who worship Aphrodite, and claim to have been at peace for "a million years". She helps them in a war against the Meteor Men, large brutal males. In Showcase #2. 3, Hal Jordan.

Green Lantern is sent by the Guardians, operating through the power battery to Venus where he meets blue- skinned primitive humanoids who are being attacked by pterosaur- like creatures. Mountain Men Full Movie. He seals the monsters in a cave, and leaves the world, saying the cavemen will one day be a great civilisation. In the British comic Dan Dare (1. Venus is inhabited by green- skinned Treens and Therons, who are separated by a fire wall running across Venus. The Mekon, the Super- intelligent Treen leader is a primary villain. Most Treens are emotionless. The Therons are more friendly to Earth.

Minako Aino of Sailor Moon is the reincarnation of the Princess of Venus. The Sailor V Manga shows a diamond shaped structure that is her castle. In literature[edit]In the "Venus series" of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Burroughs created a fictitious 'Venusian' alphabet supposedly used by the Venusians (or "Amtorians" - as "Amtor" is what the natives call their planet). His artificial Amtor letters flow nicely together like cursive writing.[2]In Olaf Stapledon's 1.

Last and First Men, when the Moon threatens to slowly spiral down to crash into Earth, humans leave Earth and colonize Venus; in the process of doing so, humans totally exterminate Venus' native inhabitants, a semi- intelligent deep ocean marine species. A Walk In My Shoes Full Movie Part 1. The descendants of the invaders, Sixth to Eighth Men, can be considered Venerians themselves. In Charles R. Tanner's "Tumithak of the Corridors" (1.

Venus is the homeworld of the shelks, spider- like aliens who have conquered Earth and forced most of the few surviving humans underground. In William Lumley and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Diary of Alonzo Typer" (written in 1. Cthulhu Mythos, there are mentions of the "Lords of Venus", and conflicting indications that the Serpent People originated there. The story was followed by "In the Walls of Eryx," co- written by Lovecraft and Kenneth J.

Sterling, in which a prospector is trapped in a maze on Venus, apparently constructed by lizardmen. In C. S. Lewis' book Perelandra (1. Professor Elwin Ransom travels to Venus (the title is the name of the planet in the Old Solar language), a planet mostly covered by water with floating islands on it, in order to fight a possessed Professor Weston and prevent the "Adam and Eve" of this young planet from bringing about the same fate that befell Earth (Thulcandra). In the book, Lewis depicts a wide variety of flora and fauna, with some animals close to being sentient.

The King and Queen of the planet are humanoid, but green, and their commandment is for them not to sleep on the fixed land, a still island. When this happens, the Oyarsa of this world, a type of angel- like being who seems feminine like the classical goddess, tells Ransom that this will be the start of a new age.

Before Eden, by Arthur C. Clarke, is about a manned expedition to Venus which discovers an animated form of plant life. However, after the humans leave, the creature eats their abandoned garbage and other things left behind and this contamination eventually wipes out all native life on the planet.

The Space Merchants is a science fiction novel, written by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth in 1. 95. Earth to convince humans to colonize Venus, which is depicted as having a harsh and stormy tropical climate."I Am the Doorway", a short story in Stephen King's 1. Night Shift, concerns an astronaut who returns from a tragic mission to Venus to find himself possessed by a murderously terrified alien entity.

In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1. Willy Wonka says that Venus used to be home to an alien race before they were "gobbled up" by Vermicious Knids.

In Jacqueline Susann's romance Yargo (1. Venus is said to be inhabited by bees that are as big as horses. In the self- help book by John Gray, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, women are occasionally (metaphorically) referred to as Venusians, while men are referred to as Martians. In the book Venus by Ben Bova, the inhabitants of Venus are strange snake- like creatures that use molten sulfur for blood.

They are not sapient. There are also micro- organisms in the clouds that break down ceramics and metals. In Heinlein's story "Logic of Empire" the Venusians are an intelligent but primitive race of amphibians who trade valuable swamp roots to the human colonists in return for tobacco.

In the novel Podkayne of Mars (depicting a fairly different Venus) Venusians are humanoids of great physical strength but also very primitive. The Gobsmacking Galaxy, an entry in the children's non- fiction series The Knowledge written by Kjartan Poskitt, humorously describes hypothetical alien life forms which might evolve on planets in the solar system; the Venusian creatures are small, squat and round to cope with Venus's atmospheric pressures and make their living selling life insurance to visiting astronauts (before they succumb to the planet's extreme heat and pressure). In Frederik Pohl's "Gateway", humans travel across the Galaxy using spaceships found on planet Venus, left there by its ancient civilization. In film[edit]The creature in It Conquered the World (1. Venus. It resembled a cone with a nasty grin.