Spacers Snarled in the hair of Comets

SPACERS SNARLED IN THE HAIR OF COMETS:
By Bruce Boston. Mind’s Eye Publications, 2022, 39 pages. (Introduction by
Andrew Darlington).

This latest
collection from Bruce Boston contains twenty-two poems, all of which—I believe—have
been previously published separately in magazines. Who is Bruce Boston, you
ask? Well, he’s my favorite living poet, but perhaps that doesn’t mean much to
you. He is also a Bram Stoker Award Winner, a multiple-time Rhysling Award
Winner (the highest award given for speculative poetry in the US), and a
helluva nice guy. But maybe none of those things mean anything to you.

But do you love
language? Specifically, the English language? Do you enjoy science fiction?  If you do, then you owe it to yourself to
sample Bruce Boston’s work, and this book is a good place to start. Let me give
you a little taste:

Burning green
to metagreen,

a rush of
colors in between.

Mandalic moons,
sidereal seas.

A spacer’s life
is ice and fire,

graced by
iridescent dreams.

Besides the
beauty of the language, Boston’s poems also tell stories. In fact, he’s
basically a storyteller and has also written many poetic short stories, as well
as a wonderfully complex dystopian novel called The Guardener's Tale. It’s
both the language and the storytelling aspects that draw me to Boston’s work.
As a writer myself, I find inspiration in his language and the germs of many
ideas in his stories and imagery. I jotted down half a dozen ideas for tales
just from this collection. I recommend him for writers and readers alike.  

You
can find out more about the book at Mind’s Eye Publications here: 

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can order the book from Amazon here:

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from Lulu here: 

For
more information about Bruce Boston and his work, you can also check out his
website. 

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