Pitchblende by Bruce Boston

Here we have Bruce Boston's latest collection containing thirty-two new and previously published poems. The SFPA Grandmaster has once again delivered a book full of sophisticated and pathos driven work, conjuring visions of mortality and human nature gone astray. Hand-in-hand with Marge Simon's illustrations, we walk through a surrealistic labyrinth garden which would make even Dali blink and admire the inspiration. 

"Pitchblende is radioactive. It's a mineralized form of uranium oxide--black and hard and dangerious. It looks something like crystallized coal cracked right out of the gates of hell; it's darker than tar and stronger than time and its lethal nature is sneaky and invisible and inescapable once you've touched it. Killer rock. A fitting metaphor for the rock solid poetry of Bruce Boston. It's scary, powerful stuff. And it's got a half-life that will outlive you. This poetry stands the test of time." -- From the introduction by Michael Arnzen. 

Comments On Poems In This Collection 

She Was There for Him the Last Time 

"...a spectacular feat of craftsmanship--one I can't recall ever coming across in my reading in our outof the genre.... This may be the greatest long poem in the genre (Science Fiction) has yet produced...." --Trent Walters, SF Site 
In Far Pale Clarity 

"The prodigious and powerful Bruce Boston...traverses...vivid surreal landscapes colored by shifting hues of emotion." --Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's SF