Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing a free ebook ARC. I greatly enjoyed this book of sci-fi poetry and highly recommend it to fans of both poetry and the science-fiction genre.

I was amazed at how the authors used scientific terms to evoke various emotions throughout the book. The poems ranged from super short to a decent length. Some of them provided just a scene or an idea and others were able to tell a little story with the time they had on the page. One of the perks of a collection such as this one is that it introduces the reader to a large number of poets. The only drawback was that it left me wanting more.

this is a collection of sci-fi related poetry and short stories. it is definitely one of (if not number 1!) my favorite poetry collections of all time. incredibly well done.

I thought this was a beautiful collections of poems that spoke to so many aspects of our universe. There were so many themes and they were all really impactful. I enjoyed reading this so much.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

When I read the premise of this book I was intrigued. Whilst I enjoy poetry, I'd never read any anthology like this, and I never knew how much I needed it in my life!
These poems range from light hearted to deep and thought provoking, but page after page I found myself enthralled by the words and dual meanings. This really is a beautiful anthology and I would recommend it to science lovers and science avoiders alike.

"The Heartbeat of the Universe" gathers poems from luminaries in science fiction and literary genres, creating a collection that explores everything from the tiniest particles to the grandest astral phenomena. It's like having a front-row seat to the universe's most intimate verses.

Pros:
🌟 Five stars for this cosmic masterpiece! "The Heartbeat of the Universe" is a wonderful collection of poems – it's like stargazing with a quill, each poem a twinkling gem in the night sky.

🚀 I really enjoyed the speculative and astrological themes – a win-win for poetry and space nerds alike. It's like having the entire universe in verse.

🌌 Every poem was absolutely beautiful – it's like a garden of flowers, each one distinct and captivating.

🌠 Some favorites include "Mostly Hydrogen" by Jack Martin, "atomic numbers" by D. A. Xiaolin Spires, "Apocatastasis" by Jennifer Crow, "Field Notes" by Lola Haskins, "First Contact" by Stuart Greenhouse, and "The Three Laws of Poetics" by Stewart C. Baker.

📚 In conclusion, "The Heartbeat of the Universe" is a collection of poems that invites readers to explore the cosmos through the eyes of the most brilliant wordsmiths. Bravo to Emily Hockaday and the contributing poets – you've crafted a masterpiece that's both enlightening and enchanting! 🌌📚

Disclaimer: A cosmic-sized thank you to NetGalley and Interstellar Flight Press for this ARC. All opinions are as uniquely mine as a comet streaking across the night sky. 🚀💫📚

I never knew I needed to read poems based on science, space, math, etc., until now. This collection was wonderful and beautifully put together, even though I had to reread some of these to understand them, they each had something impactful about them to me.

A list of my favorite poems featured in this:
Hypothesis/Assertation by Daniel D. Villani
Neurologic by Robert Frazier
Collisions by Kathryn Fritz
Taxi Ride by Ian Goh
First Contact by Stuart Greenhouse
Wobble by Richard Schiffman
The Dogs of the Soviet Space Program by Christopher Cokinos
How To Go Twelfth by Mary Soon Lee

I loved the idea behind this book with short speculative poems. There are various writers with these stories and I’m glad that there was an additional section that talked a bit more into detail with these writers. Each story was different than one another and I enjoyed most of them. My favorites were Almost Certainly A Time Traveler by Jarod K. Anderson, I absolutely loved the writing in this short poem. I also really enjoyed Your Homeworld Is Gone by Leslie J. Anderson.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with access to read this book!

THE HEART BEAT OF THE UNIVERSE - the collection of poems in this book justifies the title of the book.it is an impressive collection which blows your mind ...as emily stated the future,past and present all bleed together in poetry ...for me reading these poems was a little tough because of the terms used in them but i love to explore so it was a nice deal for me ....the way maths ,physics,stars,chemistry,time, perfectly related to love ,sadness,...experiences ...it was basically a storm of emotions.........some poems were so simple yet meaningful...and some were so complex..i loved the sequence of the poems arranged in a subtle way.....words were so neatly organised and arranged ....my personal favourites from this book which blowed my mind and took me to differentworld was messaging the dead...,Hypothesis.,The appeal of time travel,Messaging the dead...and the best best one would be MUSIC REMEMBERS....i just love it .........i would surely recommend this book to read.....the only negative thing about this book is there is so much more knowledge we should search on to understand the depth of the poem ....it may look as a short book but for me personally it took long time to read it.......but again it was worth it...i would give 4 stars out of five.....a book to read to expolre the poetic version ...in different angles..

This was a wonderful collection. So many of the poems struck hard and stayed with me through the length of the book. I found it impossible to put down until it was finished and I'm sure I'll be going back to reread it soon.