Monday, December 14, 2020

Betelgeuse Dimming by Jean-Paul Garnier

 

Release date: December 8, 2020
Subgenre: Science fiction poetry

About Betelgeuse Dimming:

 

Science Fiction Poetry in audiobook, e-book and paperback. The audiobook comes with a free ePub and PDF download.
 
Poetry by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
Music improvised by RedBlueBlackSilver & Field Collapse
Recorded live at Joshua Tree Art & Music
Mixed and co-produced by RedBlueBlackSilver.  
 


Excerpt:

 

 

Flight Notes

this intense rumble

last but one earth minute

yet sends me through space


now my first earthrise

startling, fearsome and still

fragile perspective

 

spacecraft passes plume

photographs rare occurrence

begs many questions

 

mighty wind from sun

shaping the sky into dance

colors of heaven

 

dew, helmet, condense

filter system not working

damn the engineers

 

the airlock opens

vacuum welcomes open void

loneliness of space

 

the very first step

the planet was a virgin

trodden from now on

 

soil beneath boot

for all perhaps a great step

though cold is the ground

 

projectile comes forth

into ancient snowball

hammer of knowledge

 

so months disappear

into training for the night

which we shall travel


Audiobook + e-book | Paperback


About Jean-Paul Garnier:


Jean-Paul L. Garnier lives and writes in Joshua Tree, CA where he is the owner of Space Cowboy Books, a science fiction bookstore, independent publisher, and producer of Simultaneous Times podcast. In 2020 his first novella Garbage In, Gospel Out was released by Space Cowboy Books and in 2018 Traveling Shoes Press released Echo of Creation, a collection of his science fiction short stories. He has also released several collections of poetry: In Iudicio (Cholla Needles Press 2017), Future Anthropology (currently being translated into Portuguese), and Odes to Scientists (audiobook - Space Cowboy Books 2019). He is a two time Elgin Nominee and also appeared in the 2020 Dwarf Stars anthology. His new collection of SF poetry, Betelgeuse Dimming has just been released and is available as a free download audiobook / ebook at spacecowboybooks.bandcamp.com. He is also a regular contributor for Canada’s Warp Speed Odyssey blog. His short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in many anthologies and webzines.

 

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