| Title | : | Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Culture, Science \u0026 War |
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| ISBN | : | 1953665314 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781953665317 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 |
| Publication | : | Published July 2, 2024 |
“Every day, our news feeds are crowded with dystopian reports of flame-throwing robots, killer drones, and cyber implants,” writes anthology editor Randy Brown. “Against this virtual crush of ash and black, we If futurists and fictionalists, warriors and wargamers can deploy their respective toolkits to probe potential threats and opportunities, why not poets?”
The book collects 92 poems involving concepts, narratives, and cautionary tales of “human-electro-mechanical-cyber interaction, connection, and competition.” To motivate other writers, veterans, and readers, the anthology includes a special section of 7 discussion-starters and prompts, for use in writing workshops, book clubs, and other gatherings.
Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Culture, Science \u0026 War Reviews
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Every once in a while, a book finds its way onto my bookshelf that is so unique, so out of left field that it immediately ends up at the top of the read pile. That was the case with Giant Robot Poems, the latest from Randy Brown and the little publisher that could, Middle West Press LLC.
To transform his vision into printed reality, Randy assembled a superhero team of 66 emerging and established voices from the science-fiction-poetry and war-poetry communities to join forces to deliver "92 poems involving concepts, narratives, and cautionary tales of “human-electro-mechanical-cyber interaction, connection, and competition.”
This isn't just a fun read, it's an out-of-this world entertaining read. We evolved from "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" to "AI-enabled kaiju and killer robots, oh shit!" Our dystopian future has remained far less poetic than that of The Wizard of Oz. Until now. -
So much fun!
