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Poems About Lasers
Paperback
Publisher: Swamp River Press
Published: Aug 15 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Golden Age science fiction turned speculative poetry wrapped in the glorious veneer of everyday life in outer space:
'According to Academy Captain Bjorkin the Incredibly Heroic, / a man who earned his stripes single-handedly fending off a surprise / incubation-invasion by the deadly Swamp-Fiends of Marine Planet H2O, / the First Rule of an Away Mission is Don't fuck over your team. / It's not actual Federation law, but it's worth keeping in mind should you / have any plans back home that don't involve a firing squad.'
Written from the perspective of a factotum aboard an interstellar battle cruiser, Poems About Lasers recounts what it's like to fall in love with a 5-tentacled alien, how to sabotage a mining mission for a few days R&R, sitting in your bunk pondering scrimshaw carved from human bone by the Turtle People of Hub and an ode to the Cold Demon 600, the most hellacious laser-rifle ever created.
If you're a fan of Golden Age Sci-Fi, or bored out of your mind with whatever today's poetry has become, take a ride on the Dr. Parnassus, visit the Holo Club at Mr. Kitty's Excellent Adventure and always remember that things get weird in an interstellar combat zone, so you've just got to be ready!
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