Multiverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry

by Rachel Plummer (Editor), Russell Jones (Editor), Jessica Good (Illustrator)

Come on a journey through time and space, viewing strange lives and meeting even stranger lifeforms from the darkest depths and brightest sparks of the imagination. Introducing Multiverse: an international anthology of science fiction poetry.

This landmark anthology includes more than 170 sci-fi poems by 70 contemporary writers from around the world, including Jane Yolen, Harry Josephine Giles, Sofia Rhei, Jenny Wong, James McGonigal, Fyodor Svarovsky, Joyce Chng, Vincente Luis Mora and Claire Askew.

Explore poems about robotics and romance, asteroids and arachnids, nukes and nanobots, worm holes, warp drives and future wars, with an international array of exciting modern poetic voices, to boldly go where no poetry has gone before...

Genres: Poetry, Anthologies, Science Fiction

236 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2018

Reviews

[T.D. Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a reader and writer of a fairly niche genre, I'm always looking for speculative poetry anthologies that work on multiple levels. First, as a reader, I want collections that challenge my ideas about the genre as well as introduce me to writers whose work I'm not familiar with. And second, when readers not familiar with speculative poetry ask me for recommendations, I want to be able to suggest collections that are accessible to both science fiction fans who don't normally read poetry as well as poetry readers who aren't familiar with SF tropes. Multiverse succeeds on both levels. I was delighted with the narrowed scope of the book--all the poems are science fiction, whereas most speculative poetry anthologies contain fantasy and horror poems as well--as well as the consistently solid quality of the poems within. I will be seeking out collections from poets whose work I wasn't familiar with before--many of the poets are outside the US, which is refreshing to me as a US-based poet who mostly encounters the work of other US-based poets. I'm also confident that readers not familiar with the genre will find much to enjoy in the book. A highly recommended read.

[Wayne Cogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great collection of unique poets