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A review by fawnsbooks
The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022 by Emily Hockaday
4.0
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.
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.