Alchemy of Stars

Since 1978 the Science Fiction Poetry Association has selected the best long and short poems in science fi ction, fantasy, and horror for its annual Rhysling Awards, named in honor of the blind poet of the spaceways from Robert Heinlein 's The Green Hills of Earth. Often considered the equivalent for poetry of the Nebula Awards for fi ction, the winning poems appear each year in the Nebula Awards anthologies. Now for the fi rst time the Rhysling Winners have been gathered under one cover. This collection presents more than twenty-fi ve years of the best poetry in the fi eld of speculative literature.