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The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022

By Emily Hockaday & Jane Yolen &
The Heartbeat of the Universe:  Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022 by Emily Hockaday & Jane Yolen &  digital book - Fable

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The Heartbeat of the Universe collects poems from the top writers in the science fiction and literary genres, including voices such as Jane Yolen, Bruce Boston, Robert Frazier, Jessy Randall, and many others. These poems, selected by editor Emily Hockaday from the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and Analog Science Fiction and Fact over the past decade, examine the Universe's smallest particles and largest astral phenomena. These poems travel through time, speak to and from the dead, explore the body and quantum physics, all depicting the human condition and allowing readers to learn more about their universe and themselves.

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“The Heartbeat of the universe is a collection of poems by different authors From the genre of science fiction and expeculative poetry. To this day, I thought I didn't like poetry, but I discovered that what I don't like is romantic poetry and until I read this anthology I thought that was the only kind of poetry that existed. There's no way I can leave a review of each of the poems, it would be too long”
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“Thank you to Netgalley and Interstellar Flight Press for this ARC. One of the first books I ever bought, with the money I made from my first part-time job, was a collection of poems. I've been chasing that high ever since. Over the years I have collected several collections of poems and more often than not, I need to be in a specific mindset before reading them. I tend to be a moody and melancholy person and reading poetry about whatever negative thing I'm going through, is a big hobby for me. Finding a collection of poems that is not specific to one kind of (bad) mood and me liking it, doesn't happen a lot. HOWEVER, this one did it. Not going to lie, some of these poems made me feel like I should have paid more attention in school, but other poems made me feel like no one had ever quite understood me as much as the author had. The authors and topics are quite diverse, even though most (all?) have a background in science fiction. I believe there's a poem in here for everyone.”
“Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a free arc. This was a quite nice collection of speculative science poems that I enjoyed.”
“I thought this was a beautiful collections of poems that spoke to so many aspects of our universe. There were so many themes and they were all really impactful. I enjoyed reading this so much. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book!”

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