The Larger Earth: Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut [Paperback]

David Memmott (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1882633180 | ISBN-13: 978-1882633180 | Publication Date: August 1, 1996 | Edition: 1st

Speculative Poetry by Rhysling Award winner, author of House On Fire

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Larger Earth counts as the best writing Memmott's done yet: his metaphor of the grounded astronaut travels with uncanny speed across the late 20th-century landscape. Each poem within the cycle, moreover, can be read as a self-contained entity, possessing its own mood & character. I admired the simultaneously autobiographical & visionary feel of the cycle...one of the finest works of SF poetry ever. -- Andrew Joron, author

With their Daliesque titles and Ballardian/Malzbergian tropes, these poems evoke all the failed NASA dreams of our fallen age, creating an atmosphere of weary desuetude. -- Asimov's Science Fiction

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Permeable Pr; 1st edition (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882633180
• ISBN-13: 978-1882633180
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,354,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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