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    Eccentric Orbits: Eccentric Orbits, #1
    Eccentric Orbits: Eccentric Orbits, #1
    Eccentric Orbits: Eccentric Orbits, #1
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    Eccentric Orbits: Eccentric Orbits, #1

    By Ken Goudsward

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    Eccentric Orbits highlights sci-fi poets from around the globe, celebrating the diversity and unity of the poetic form.

     

    Featuring the poetry of:

    Andrew Burton

    Deborah L. Kelly

    Erin J. Bauman

    Jane Jago

    Ken Goudsward

    Kimberly Nugent

    Mike Van Horn

    R. C. Larlham

    Stephanie Barr

    Thomas Van Horn

    Wendy Van Camp

    Lee Garratt

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDimensionfold Publishing
    Release dateApr 6, 2020
    ISBN9781999216078
    Eccentric Orbits: Eccentric Orbits, #1
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    Ken Goudsward

    Ken Goudsward writes codes, poetry, science fiction, games, ontographies, and music. He carves in stone and leaves ruins of pillars to be discovered by future civilizations. He may be found on an abandoned mining station, orbiting in free-fall among asteroids or planetary rings, or on the surface of a dying star. To save a lot of travel you may try dimensionfold.com

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      Book preview

      Eccentric Orbits - Ken Goudsward

      Eccentric Orbits

      An Anthology of Sci-Fi Poetry

      Volume 1

      ISBN: 978-1-9992160-7-8

      Dimensionfold Publishing 

      Anthology published April 2020

      Prince George BC CAN

      ––––––––

      All works retain the original copyrights of their authors

      Cover art by Ian Bristow

      Contents

      Foreword

      The Jellyfish - Lee Garratt

      Pioneer - Stephanie Barr

      Under the Terms of Victory - Lee Garratt

      Warp Bubble - Wendy Van Camp

      Missing Matter - Kimberly Nugent

      Alcubierre Metric - Wendy Van Camp

      Warp Dreams - Wendy Van Camp

      Rewriting the Rules - Kimberly Nugent

      Faster Than Light - Wendy Van Camp

      Hello - Kimberly Nugent

      A Sun’s Death - Kimberly Nugent

      Singularity - Kimberly Nugent

      Columbia - R. C. Larlham

      Starship Troopers - Lee Garratt

      Where We Go, They Follow

      - Kimberly Nugent

      Catz and Dogz: Godz and Quantum Chaos  - R. C. Larlham

      Witness - Thomas Van Horn

      Chores - Kimberly Nugent

      Time Traveller – Andrew Burton

      Walkabout In Space - RC Larlham

      O My Princess - Mike Van Horn

      Transmissions from Trillig - Lee Garratt

      My Best Friend Is Gone - Mike Van Horn

      Formation’s Song - Kimberly Nugent

      The Experiment - Deborah L. Kelly

      I Have Tasted the Infinite - Mike Van Horn

      Forbidden Pictures; chapter three - Ken Goudsward

      The Twelfth Planet: Nibiru - Deborah L. Kelly

      Program - Ken Goudsward

      Forever to Infinity - Mike Van Horn

      Alexa Said - Jane Jago

      The Flash - Erin J. Bauman

      Colony - Lee Garratt

      Anthem to a New World - Mike Van Horn

      The Cylon Poem - Erin J. Bauman

      Intrinsic Connection - Deborah L. Kelly

      Worlds away - Andrew Burton

      An Interstellar Legend - Kimberly Nugent

      Foreword

      By Wendy Van Camp

      One of the reasons why I enjoy reading science fiction is the

      translation of ideas of today that demonstrate how they may be in our future.  Concepts that are a mere glimmer in the eye of the poet can inspire our engineers and entrepreneurs into shaping our lives in ways that otherwise we might never have experienced.

      In your hands is an anthology devoted to this

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