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A review by mahaila
The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022 by Emily Hockaday
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
2.5
Thank you to Interstellar Flight Press an NetGalley for providing me with an E-Arc.
There were a number of pieces I liked in this collection, including:
-Somebody I used to Love Asks me Who Marie Curie is by Carly Rubin
-Time Traveler at the Grocery Store Circa 1992 by Kristian Macaron
-Taxi Ride by Ian Goh
-The Dogs of the Soviet Space Program by Christopher Cokinos
-Abyss Inside our Young Hearts by Yuliia Vereta
-Small Certainties by Sara Polsky
-In Theory by Rebecca Siegel
I was compelled most of all by the many scientific and speculative poems set in the context of mundane, domestic life.
The organization of the anthology made sense to me. It is broken up into five section on the topics of: sciences & mathematics, time travel, quantum physics, contact with otherworlds and astronomy.
There is much to enjoy about this collection, however, there were a number of poems that would begin on an interesting topic and then devolve into cliche romantic metaphor. I wish there would have been fewer of these pieces.
There were a number of pieces I liked in this collection, including:
-Somebody I used to Love Asks me Who Marie Curie is by Carly Rubin
-Time Traveler at the Grocery Store Circa 1992 by Kristian Macaron
-Taxi Ride by Ian Goh
-The Dogs of the Soviet Space Program by Christopher Cokinos
-Abyss Inside our Young Hearts by Yuliia Vereta
-Small Certainties by Sara Polsky
-In Theory by Rebecca Siegel
I was compelled most of all by the many scientific and speculative poems set in the context of mundane, domestic life.
The organization of the anthology made sense to me. It is broken up into five section on the topics of: sciences & mathematics, time travel, quantum physics, contact with otherworlds and astronomy.
There is much to enjoy about this collection, however, there were a number of poems that would begin on an interesting topic and then devolve into cliche romantic metaphor. I wish there would have been fewer of these pieces.