Where Rockets Burn Through - Softcover

Jones, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908058056 ISBN 13: 9781908058058

Publisher: Penned in the Margins, 2012

Synopsis

Where 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.

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About the Author

Russell Jones is an Edinburgh-based writer, editor and researcher. His collection of science fiction poems, The Last Refuge, was published in 2009 by Forest Press. He co-moderates the poetry department of writersdock.org, writes articles on children's literature for therustykey.com and travel articles for exploration-online.com. He is guest editor for The Interdisciplinary Science Review and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing and tutoring in Scottish Literature at Edinburgh University. He has researched and published on Edwin Morgan's science fiction poetry.

Review

The 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Penned in the Margins
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908058056
• ISBN 13: 9781908058058
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210