Matthew Harrison, Hong Kong Author | Matthew Harrison, Hong Kong Autho...

The generation starship trope has provided a rich seam for science fiction writers. From Heinlein and Aldiss in the Golden Age of SF, the idea of a starship bound on course for generations, with its Noah’s ark of human cargo, has fascinated writers and...

I cross the narrow threshold in search of something,
Something half-remembered across half a lifetime –
The aroma of baking bread on an autumn morning,

‘There’s a nice café over there,
In the next street,’
The lady said,

Towards the end of the year
The sky is moulded of steel and bronze,
Dull clouds hang heavy –an inverted bowl