ISBN 1-882633-18-0 (US pbk)

"This is Memmott's second book of speculative poetry. The Larger Earth is arranged in a cycle around the central metaphor of an astronaut who has returned to Earth after walking on the Moon. Memmott extends the range of the speculative poetry genre in a coherent fusion of science, mysticism, psychology and social critique." [publisher's bumpf]

"I found The Larger Earth to be beautifully written and a pleasure to interact with. A strange mix between David Bowie (The Man Who Fell to Earth ) and Ted Mooney's Easy Travel To Other Planets . Great!" --Mark Amerika.

"The Larger Earth counts as the best writing Memmott's done yet: his metaphor of the 'grounded astronaut' travels with uncanny speed across the late 20th-century landscape. Each poem within the cycle, moreover, can be read as a self-contained entity, possessing its own mood & character. I admired the simultaneously autobiographical & visionary feel of the cycle.

"...one of the finest works of SF poetry ever. So much of the potential to illuminate political situations as well as psychological states is realized here, while not skimping on the 'cosmological perspective' that is part of the framework of the genre." --Andrew Joron (author of Science Fiction and Rhysling Award winner).

Avant-Pop Central Page
(site maintained by Lance Olsen... well worth checking)

In Memoriam to Post-Modernism
('postmodern' and 'avant-pop')

To contact David Memmott himself:

e-mail:
wordcraft@oregontrail.net