Hilltop Press Catalogue 2007 and Science Fiction Poetry

NEW! K.V. Bailey - The Sky Giants
Through many centuries the enigmatic story of Parsifal, knight of the Grail, has fascinated writers and readers alike. Uniquely, the poet K.V. Bailey opened for Parsifal the doors of the far Future. In a remarkable sequence of poems, the Grail-hunter adventured again through perilous times to come, in an extraordinary universe where mighty space craft spin among the stars and beautifully monstrous creations, born of science's unchecked tamperings, cavort and threaten. The vastness of the author's imagination, the powerful music of his words, added a whole new realm of futuristic wonder to the gripping mystery of the original medieval tale.
ISBN 978-0-905262-40-6
£3.50/$7.00
A beautifully beguiling and fantastic voyage through space and time with knight of the Grail, Parsifal. Classy b/w illustrations by Arthurian artist Ian Brown. - Paul Rance.

NEW! Jimmie Dickie - Life in the Freezer
Frozen aboard their world ship, they voyage ever Outwards - where? and why? What unbelievable dreams fill their ice-bound minds? Jimmie Dickie's vivid sequence takes you to mystery's heart.
ISBN 0 905262 39 5
£2.25/$4.00
Poetry by Scottish writer Jimmie Dickie, which I received, appropriately, on a bitterly cold day. A powerful collection, with its mystical sci-fi feel and a compassionate core. One of the best Hilltop booklets, and interesting typography too! - Paul Rance.

FREE COPY of RATCLIFFE's MEGATHESAURUS - with orders over £10.00
by Eric Ratcliffe...Roaring Megs and Roaring Girls..."obscure, fascinating, delightful" - Fortean Times
ISBN 0 905262 10 7 £2.50

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DATA DUMP (ISSN 1359 2 041) - A Newsletter of SF Poetry
The latest on collections, anthologies, SF music, etc.
Sample/current issue 70p/$2.00 from above address.

Steve Sneyd Books available from Amazon.co.uk
Short Circuits/Bad News from the Stars/Two Books in One (Ocean View Doubles) In Coils of Earthen Hold (Salzburg Studies in English Literature) The Pennine Triangle (Othername Press Poets) Neolithon (Kite Modern Poetry S.) Fierce Far Suns: Proto-SF and SF Poetry in America from the 1750s to the 1960s (Data Dump) Laying Siege to Tomorrow: Poetry in UK SFanzines, the 1930s to 1950s (Data Dump) Elsewhen Unbound: Poetry in American Sfanzines - The 1930s to 1960s Dreaming Scryers,True Deceivers: Six Science Fiction Poets Road at Oxford Spidergrams Medusa: A Poetry Anthology Entropies and Alignments: Poetry in UK SFanzines, the 1960s (Data Dump) War of the Words: A Sampler of Science Fiction Pomes Ape into Pleiades (Data Dump) In Space's Belly: Poetry in UK SFanzines Etc., the 1970s (Data Dump)

"poets...are the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present" (Shelley, 'In Defense of Poetry')

ORGANISATIONS: SCIENCE FICTION POETRY ASSOCIATION (& H, F, DF). Est. 1977 by Suzette Haden Elgin. Annual anthology of poems nominated for Rhysling Awards; magazine, STAR*LINE. Editor/Membership Secretary 1412 NE 35th St, Ocala, Florida, FL 34479. On-line: www.sfpoetry.com, also discussion group/join by PayPal at SFPANet@aol.com.

EIGHT HANDS GANG - informal network of UK genre poets. N/1 HANDSHAKE free for A5 SAE from ed. John F. Haines, 5 Cross Farm, Station Road North, Fearnhead, Warrington, WA2 0Q6, England. Est. 1992.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 'The Speculative Muse - An Introduction To Science Fiction Poetry', with biblio - by Steve Eng, in 'Anatomy of Wonder - a Critical Guide to SF', '95 (R.R. Bowker, POB 727, New Providence, NJ 07974 - 0727); 'Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry - A Resource Guide and Biographical Directory' by Scott E. Green, '89, (Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Conn 06881): Poetry entry by Robert Frazier, 'Encyclopedia of Science Fiction', ed John Clute, 2nd edn, '93, '99 (Orbit); 'Seventh Heaven and How They Got There', history of photo-Sf and Sf poetry, by Steve Sneyd, in THE ZONE issues 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 (Pigasus P, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, IOW PO30 3AJ - SAE for prices - or order from BBR/NSFA, address below); 'The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook' by Suzette Haden Elgin, (SFPA/Sam's Dot Publishing - '86, revised '05 - order from SFPANet, site above).

SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION LIBRARY, Librarian Andy Sawyer, University of Liverpool Library, POB 123, Liverpool, L69 3DA; on-line holdings catalogue www.sf-foundation.org. Welcomes donations of genre poetry magazines, collections, anthologies - as does THE RAY AND PAT BROWNE LIBRARY FOR POPULAR CULTURE STUDIES, William T. Jerome Library, 4th Floor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0170, and by THE EATON COLLECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR, Special Collections, University of California, Rivera Library, POB 5900, Riverside, California 92517-5900 (which i.a. holds the Archives of the S.F.P.A.).

MAGAZINES - prozine Asimov's, and many little magazines, not all genre, use genre poetry. A reasonably priced source of information on such worldwide is LIGHT'S 22nd ANNUAL LIST OF LITERARY MAGAZINES, £7.99 from Bluechrome Publishing, POB 109, Portishead, Brisol, BS20 7JZ; web: www.bluechrome.co.uk.

ANTHOLOGIES OF GENRE POETRY - a SELECTIVE list: a * indicates they can be ordered from US/UK genre publications distributor BBR/NSFA; BBR Solutions Ltd., Chris Reed, POB 625, Sheffield, S1 3GY; www.bbr-online.com/catalogue.

The pioneering FRONTIER OF GOING, ed John Fairfax, Panther '69, mass market pb, often found 2nd-hand; the seminal HOLDING YOUR EIGHT HANDS, ed Edward Lucie-Smith, Doubleday, US, '69, & Rapp &Whiting, UK, '70, by Interlibrary loan. UMBRAL ANTHOLOGY OF SF POETRY, ed Steve Rasnic Tem, Umbral P, USA, '82 - *, or from Ocean View Books, Probook, POB 9249, Denver, CO 80209. On-line probook@sni.net; POLY - *, ed Lee Ballentine, Ocean View, USA, '89. TIME FRAMES, ed Terry A. Garey, Rune P, USA, '91 - $14 cash/checks/IMOs pble T. Garey - from High Pitched Wines, 3149 Park Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407; THE OTHERS AMONG US ('93), MILLENNIUM BLUES ('95), both ed Tony Lee, £1 each from Pigasus P (see above re The Zone - chqs pble A Lee: a third Pigasus anthology, GREAT MUTANT BRAINS, appears within Premonitions #1 - new series, '04, £4.50); A SHIP TO NOWHERE, ed Ian Redman, Zest Publications, '98 - £1 (chqs pble I Redman), 23 College Green, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4JR; BEYOND THESE CHARTED REALMS (SF/H/DF/F poetry), ed John Thiel, Etaoin Shrdlu P, '99, $6 (from UK add $2 postage), 30 N 19th St, Lafayette, IN 47904-2950; DREAMERS ON THE SEA OF FATE - 50 years of UK SF poetry, ed Steve Sneyd, Sol Publications (chqs pble to), '99, £2.85, 24 Fowler Close, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2RD - www.solpubs.freeserve.co.uk/dreamers.htm; THE CERULEAN ANTHOLOGY (SF, outer space, F, poetry/prose poems), 2000, ed Blair H Allen, ($12.95, and add $2 post from UK, chks/IMOs pbl B A Allen), Cerulean P, POB 162, Colton, CA 92324-0162; STAR TREK - The Poems, ed Valerie Laws (SF & 'mainstream' poets' Trek responses), Iron Press (chqs pble to), 2000, £5.99, 5 Marden Terrace, Cullercoats, North Shields, Northumberland, NE30 4PD; 2001 : A SCIENCE FICTION POETRY ANTHOLOGY, ed Keith Allen Daniels, Anamnesis P, USA, $14.95: order from www.amazon.com; SCIENCE FRICTION - 2002, poetry & prose, ed Paul Rance, Peace & Freedom Press (chqs pble Peace & Freedom), 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0TS, £9.99/$20 cash (pp incl); THE ALCHEMY OF STARS: RHYSLING AWARD WINNERS SHOWCASE (Rhysling Long & Short categories winners, 1978-2004), eds Roger Dutcher & Mike Allen, $15, SFPA (order from SFPA) /Prime Books). Details - www.sfpoetry.com, Paypal orders - SFPANet@aol.com.

INDIVIDUAL COLLECTIONS: ongoing, particularly UK, listings in Hilltop Press' genre poetry n/1 DATA DUMP, 70p incl post (chqs pble S. Sneyd)/$2 cash/stamps).

This is the 28th update (July '07) since the first Factsheet (July '93). It may be freely reproduced if is complete & unaltered. Information on changes/errors welcome.

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AHASUERUS ON MARS £1
A booklet of amusing wordplay, ridiculously underpriced, of a magical man not too fazed by stepping onto the Red Planet. A very inventive long poem, and not a bad idea for a film! ATLANTEAN PUBLISHING, 38 Pierrot Steps, 71 Kursaal Way, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2UY. Cheques payable to D.J. Tyrer.
THREE STAR CHAMBER 12p/25c
You can put a lot into a little space as the...no, let's not go there. I've always loved these neat little Rump booklets, and this Steve Sneyd science fiction haiku collection hits the spot, over a nice cup of tea on a grismal winter's day. The price shouldn't really put off anyone - even if most poets only buy collections including their own work. KRAX, 63 Dixon Lane, Leeds, LS12 4RR.
- Paul Rance.