Yes! That’s me. I got to know Isaac when some of my drawing/texts inspired him as sort of prompts.
Posts by Daniel Sturniolo
You approach the edge of a secret
— an expansive absence
This withered panache
I bring to the world
What this book review leaves unsaid is, "...AND originating from the same place."
Pandemonium on the Potomac by William C. Anderson. 1966, cover art by Tom O'Sullivan. #booksky
Wow, this experience
all from the same Now
Here’s the moment,
lost on all sides
I don’t mind sending it off to you.
Some book reviews require a more sustained focus.
The Clouded Mirror, by E Kieker Kranz. 1971, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
Yesterday, I was someone else.
Today, I am.
Tomorrow, I remain undefined.
The world is
your sense of it
Very kind.
A portent book review, pay attention!
The Flesh in the Furnace by Dean R. Koontz. 1972, cover art by Fred Pfeiffer. #booksky
I will trade them. Or flat out give them away. But I didn’t start making them to sell.
I’m feeling all of this
tattered and inundated
now burn
A veritable scorcher of a book review from the perspective of the ship's pilot...
The Devouring Fire by Vargo Statten. 1951, cover art by Ron Turner. #booksky
This augury afire —
like every possible answer
A prescient book review.
Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell. 1950, cover art by Dave Stone. #booksky
Your mind buzzes through the world
without a way to arrive
Hardly anything at all
The story asks if individuals matter, so does the book review.
Cosmic Encounter by A.E. Van Vogt. 1980, 1st edition, cover art by John Cayea. #booksky
So, we’re a little part
of the cosmic decor?
A rather wistful book review
To Open the Sky by Robert Silverberg. 1967, cover art by Richard Powers. #booksky
Do you feel a somewhere
slowly open
This book review never said it was gonna be easy.
Lost: A Moon by Paul Capon. 1956, cover artist not attributed. #booksky
Put into service all
that you lost
A book review "in action" #funstuff
Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse, 2005. First US printing/edition.
So, every small unfolding
happening here is enough
This book review studiously avoids declaring which feelings.
Laughter in Space by Vargo Statten. 1952, cover art by Ron Turner. #booksky
This brief wave of feelings
don’t have a chance
in the universe
Book review disguised as a (declassified) mission debrief.
The Deep Reaches of Space by A. Bertram Chandler. 1964, jacket design by Brian Lewis. #booksky
The universe went on
a little what is and is not