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We do have a couple of anthologies from our Big Skies Collaboration’s Skywriters Project you might like though: Dark Sky Dreamings, an Inland Skywriters Anthology, and Outer Space, Inner Minds.
Dark Sky Dreamings: an Inland Skywriters Anthology, edited by Merrill Findlay, and published by Interactive Publications Pty Ltd, Brisbane, 2019. More >>
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What people say about this anthology.
This anthology beautifully tells the stories from the perspective of people who live on the land, and their connection to Space in this most important of astronomical areas. From behind the scenes of some of the biggest astronomical events, to stories of viewing parts of our galaxy—views that billions of people across the world can no longer see—we gain an insight into a new universal reality as humans on our planet Earth, orbiting around our star, the Sun, in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Brad Tucker
Research Fellow, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University
In the company of these stargazing storytellers, under a night sky so exuberant and immense, it’s possible to loosen yourself from the world of cities and forebodings and experience again that childhood sense of being an enchanted guest in a majestic and marvelous world.
Peter Bishop
Writers’ Advocate
The many voices of Dark Sky Dreaming speak to the canopy of stars that web our memories, carbon cells and spirit, reminding us that we share the same wide sky. Though each Skywriter charts a different astral track, this celestial compendium connects us to something numinous, inviting us to see the universe anew.
Tamryn Bennett
Artist Director, Red Room Poet/ry
Outer Space, Inner Minds, edited by David Reiter, and published by Interactive Publications (IP), Brisbane, 2021. With a foreword by Brad Tucker, Research Fellow, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University
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Publisher‘s blurb: Outer Space, Inner Mind
Ever since humans have looked up, we have been mesmerised by the changeable wonders of an evening sky.
Even more so, they have speculated on the celestial objects that we can see with a naked eye and those beyond the reach of our most powerful telescopes and space probes. We continue ask is there life beyond our fragile atmosphere, our solar system, our galaxy—or are we alone, a cosmic accident in an otherwise lifeless universe? And, if other lifeforms do exist on moons or distant exoplanets elsewhere, what form/s does it take? Is it intelligent, more or less so than we humans are?
The sheer volume of unknowns involved with exploring what might be out there seems daunting to many of us, but this only makes our scientists and the adventurers all the more determined to find answers to the most challenging questions that will engage generations well into the foreseeable future.
For this anthology, we asked artists to respond creatively not only to these cosmic questions but also from an internal angle, from the perspective of a mind trying to make sense of elusive notions of “reality” in time and space, and who we are in the scheme of things. We offered them the freedom to present us with work on and beyond the printed page. So here you’ll find not only stimulating words, but images and audio, and thought-provoking links to external websites that will prompt you to further explore the frontiers of our constantly expanding universe and our responses to it.
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