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Book SynopsisWhere Rockets Burn Through: Contemporary Science Fiction Poems from the UK
Where Rockets Burn Through is a ground-breaking anthology of sci-fi poetry, featuring poems from over thirty writers currently living and working in the United Kingdom, including Joe Dunthorne, W.N. Herbert, Ross Sutherland, Ron Butlin, Ken MacLeod, Jane Yolen, Aiko Harman, Jon Stone, Kirsten Irving, Lorraine Mariner, Chrissy Williams, plus work by the late Edwin Morgan, a pioneer of sci-fi poetics.
From alternate worlds and dystopian futures to alien landings and photon guns, this collection of interstellar poems will delight and excite Trekkie and poetry fan alike.
Russell Jones is an Edinburgh-based writer, editor and researcher. His chapbook of science fiction poems, The Last Refuge, was published in 2009 by Forest Press. He is guest editor for the Interdisciplinary Science Review and is currently completing his PhD in Creative Writing and tutoring in Scottish Literature at Edinburgh University.
Trade ReviewThe sheer variety of poems in Where Rockets Burn Through makes the book a veritable chocolate box - an excellent addition to the science fiction poetry genre. - 8 / 10, Starburst An unusual stocking-filler. - The Telegraph Poetry and Science Fiction are, on this evidence, very complementary forms, in that both require the writer, and reader, to make great leaps of the imagination. - The Skinny An achievement and a milestone. - Poetry Scotland Reviews I should probably check my enthusiasm and not say this is a landmark anthology, but I believe it is a major one. [...] What a treasure trove to come across! - Science Fiction Poetry Association
Table of ContentsClaire Askew Simon Barraclough Ron Butlin Tom Chivers Greg Delanty Joe Dunthorne Malene Engelund Andrew C Ferguson Peter Finch Matthew Francis Pippa Goldschmidt Sue Guiney Aiko Harman Bill Herbert Sarah Hesketh Kirsten Irving Andy Jackson Ken MacLeod Kona Macphee Lorraine Mariner John McAuliffe Brian McCabe Chris McCabe James McGonigal Jane McKie Ian McLachlan Edwin Morgan Alan Riach James Robertson Dilys Rose Nikesh Shukla Steve Sneyd Jon Stone Ross Sutherland Kelley Swain Barnaby Tidman Ryan Van Winkle Sarah Westcott Chrissy Williams Andrew J. Wilson Jane Yolen
