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The main themes of “Venus Preserved”, by Tanith Lee, can be seen as Death, Prophecy, apocalypse, music, suspense, and mystery according to some critics. Death can be seen throughout each part of the book whether it be a vague reference to a character who died in the past or present in the book. From the beginning and throughout the book till the end you can see the use as a cause for major events in the story as well as main aspects to some characters. Through the timeline of the book it is seen that past events are having effects on the present of the book having a type of revelation nearing the end of the book. Due to the event in past books as well as events in the current book there is a constant fear of what is to come. There are many vague characters and events that take place within the timeline of the story making the reader wonder what the whole truth from all of the mystery is.

Along with these themes her writing style accents them very well, Lee herself has mentioned to critics that she "would say that her writing was simply about being human, but much of it concerned the search for identity.” This is shown in “Venus Preserved” by the way the characters go through events and the way they are affected afterwards. Critics have also said “the phantasmagoric environment of more straightforward fantasy” to describe the atmosphere of the “Secret Book of Venus” series including “Venus Preserved”. Throughout the story the information and timeline can take place in a straight forward manner with vaugue information being given between major events giving the reader a sense of constant wonder as to how it all links together. with so much information being given you get a very vivid idea if the setting and events. Tanith Lee does this very well throughout the story, even though most of the story is dialog, the events that occur between characters along with scientific explanations for the futuristic setting being presented and described.