The tug of every step in this event waiting world

book review as travel directions, clever! Elsewhere, Elsewhen, Elsehow by Miriam Allen deFord. 1971, cover art by Richard V. Corben. #booksky

Every sign is in the shape of elsewhere

Alexander Calder, Flying Saucers, 1968. Gouache on paper

A book review with an oh so subtle spoiler, must keep the power on! The Forever Machine (aka They'd Rather be Right) by Mark Clifton & Frank Riley. 1958, cover art by Wallace Wood. #booksky

“Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life. […] Poets will help us find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.” — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Reverie (tr. Daniel Russell)

And so, forever is buried in this light

#algorithmicArt #java #abstractArt

A book review that reminds us, losses are to be expected. The Time Mercenaries by Philip E. High. 1969, cover art by Richard Weaver. #booksky

This book review recognizes we all struggle, at times, to fill in the blanks. Hauser's Memory by Curt Siodmak. 1968, cover art by Hoot von Zitzewitz. #booksky

And memory — like some complicated noise outside the world

This life lost in a bag of time

Some book reviews fall on deaf ears. The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker. 1953, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

My, all these hours answering to no end

This book review is a scorcher - the fire consumes us all 🔥 Firestarter by Stephen King. 1980, cover art by Steven Stroud. #booksky

The rift between the surface of the world and your mind is on fire

A book review or a will-o'-the-wisp? You be the judge. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, jr. 1990, first (stand-alone) edition, cover art by Andrew Smith. #booksky

After dreams collide with our being, there’s nothing but smoke

I Start Counting Collage made from Ladybird books, Player’s cigarette cards, 1960s Parade and Women’s Weekly magazines, 1960s wallpaper, marker, felt tip and watercolour paint

Elevate everything baffled and brief tonight

Daniel has delivered a book review for the ages, a veritable master class of creativity! Masterpieces of Science Fiction. Edited by Thomas Durwood and Armand Eisen. 1978, cover art by Ezra Tucker. #booksky

The spinning edge of meaning breaks like space waves in the sky

You can forget anything — but you’re still broken

Off we go, to the beach then! Doc Savage - The Sea Magician no. 44 by Kenneth Robeson. 1970, cover art by James Bama. #booksky

Daniel's book reviews continue to amaze. Tangled Web of time by Brian Stableford, 2016. #booksky

So, time is all a kind of tangled tone

We all live in the desire of a far-off magic

Technically speaking, a "dependable narrator book review."

I’m out in all this distance that remains

"No deposit, no return" suggests this book review. But who knows? Flight of Time by Paul Capon. 1961, cover art signed Leslie Wood. #booksky

Even time was lost years ago — bought and sold

This book review acknowledges the team is ready, "all systems go, ready for liftoff!" Journey Into Space by Charles Chilton. 1958, cover art by Gordon C. Davies. #booksky

Be the space for a night.

This book review reminds us that different wavelengths have different consequences! The Sinister Ray by Lester Dent (better known as the author of Doc Savage). 1987, cover art by Ron Wilber. #booksky

Anyone remember the light is flowing through everyone?

I'll say

"All aboard!" takes on a different kind of urgency in this book review. Liners of Time by John Russell Fearn. 1947, cover artist not attributed. #booksky

The universe is a trip a minute

This book review echoes with a touch of melancholy, and of longing. On the Shores of Endless Worlds by Andrew Tomas, 1974. #booksky

Found these two little collages today stuck inside a book. Must be from a few years ago. Not sure if I ever posted them, so here they are.

Our flabbergasted experiences spill into the endless night.

A funtastic book review! Planet of No Return by Poul Anderson. 1966, cover art by Richard Weaver. #booksky

Second time's the charm, right? la seconde experience by Janet Jeppson. 1976, cover art by Stéphane Dumont. #booksky

Our flabbergasted experiences spill into the endless night.

Here is a poem. It has just gone. Nothing is the poem.

Experience, what a debacle