TimeRags II

by Steve Miller

Steve Miller is rapidly approaching one of those milestones many writers never reach -- one million words in print.  He's written science fiction, been a reporter, edited newspapers, and written articles for newspapers.
As a drama critic Steve's covered opening night plays and as a blues and rock music critic he's covered everything from one-gig garage bands to the Baltimore club scene to Bob Dylan and Little Feat in concert.
TimeRags II might seem an oddity to those who know him as a fictioneer, critic, or journalist, but Steve -- grandson of internationally esteemed poet Dorothea Neale -- spent portions of his early writing years as a touring coffee house poet and reader.
In response to audience requests, Steve's first book, TimeRags, was published in 1975 in an edition of 200 copies. TimeRags II updates that edition, with three poems added and two deleted; a number of typographical errors have been corrected and some minor changes in punctuation and order of presentation were made.  Enjoy!

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First published June 5, 2011

About the author

Steve was the founding curator of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Albin O. Kuhn Library's Science Fiction Research Collection and a former Nebula juror. Steve enjoys music, plays tournament chess, and collects cat whiskers.

Steve Miller and his wife, Sharon Lee, live in the rolling hills of Central Maine with two insistent muses in the form of cats and a large cast of characters. The husband-and-wife team's collaborative work in science fiction and fantasy include seventeen novels and numerous short stories in their award-winning Liaden Universe®. In addition to their collaborative work, Steve has seen short stories, nonfiction, and reviews published under his name, while Sharon has seen published short stories, newspaper pieces, and two mystery novels.

Reviews

[Travis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, poetry has never been one of my strong points, or one of my likes, so I am not really a decent judge of this collection. However, I gave 2 stars because of that. Not really the author's fault, but I only found 1 poem I actually liked in this entire collection. It was way better than Lord Jim though (the only book I've ever given only 1 star), so by that token, I couldn't give 1 star. Normally, I'd just give a book I read and found average 3 stars, (because most books I read are average), but having not really enjoyed this one, I couldn't in good conscience do that here.

[Anna Erishkigal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got to hear Steve Miller speak and picked up a copy of this anthology of his poems at the BOSKONE science fiction conference. Perfect length for when you have a bit of down time and want a quick, poetic escape, I enjoyed them :-) There are so many poems out there about scenery and feelings, it's nice to find a collection that has a few aliens and exoplanets thrown into the mix of city life and nature.