George R.R. Martin has posted the ToC and release date (March 3, 2015) for Old Venus, another retro-sf anthology consisting of stories written by current authors set in the Venus-of-the-mind that existed before space probes and fly-bys showed our sister planet to be an acidic hell-hole hot enough to melt the eyeballs of anyone dumb enough to go there.

Here's who's in:

INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
FROGHEADS, by Allen M. Steele
THE DROWNED CELESTRIAL, by Lavie Tidhar
PLANET OF FEAR, by Paul McAuley
GREEVES AND THE EVENING STAR, by Matthew Hughes
A PLANET CALLED DESIRE, by Gwyneth Jones
LIVING HELL, by Joe Haldeman
BONES OF AIR, BONES OF STONE, by Stephen Leigh
RUINS, by Eleanor Arnason
THE TUMBLEDOWNS OF CLEOPATRA ABYSS, by David Brin
BY FROGSLED AND LIZARDBACK TO OUTCAST VENUSIAN LEPERS, by Garth Nix
THE SUNSET OF TIME, by Michael Cassutt
PALE BLUE MEMORIES, by Tobias S. Buckell
THE HEART'S FILTHY LESSON, by Elizabeth Bear
THE WIZARD OF THE TREES, by Joe R. Lansdale
THE GODSTONE OF VENUS, by Mike Resnick
BOTANICA VENERIS: THIRTEEN PAPERCUTS BY IDA COUNTESS RATHANGAN, by Ian McDonald

My contribution, "Greeves and the Evening Star" is a Jeeves-and-Bertie style Wodehousian romp.

This is the fourth Martin/Dozois antho I've been included in since Songs of the Dying Earth came out in 2010. The others are Old Mars and Rogues, the latter to be on sale a couple of weeks from now. I'm very interested to see if Rogues brings me new readers, because it looks to be heading for New York Times bestsellerdom, judging by the Amazon ranking. At the moment of writing, it's the number one selling sf/fantasy anthology, based on pre-orders, although it's actually a cross-genre work and a hardcover priced at US$22.21.

I haven't checked all the ToCs closely, but I may be the only author to be in all four anthos. I wasn't supposed to be in Old Mars, though; George and Gardner asked me to put in a story -- "The Ugly Duckling," a Martian Chronicles pastiche -- when someone dropped out at the last minute.