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Barefoot in the Head.

"tyrannosaurus high-five"

splash on Jupiter
of a comet collision
our far spectacle

these things we watch mesmerized
as if we could alter them

"Be warned that some of the visual-acrostic poems are not typeset correctly in the paperback editions."

"The floodlighting was gaining on the cathedral, chopping it into alternate vertical sections of void and glitter; it was a cage for some gigantic prehistoric bird. Beyond the cage, the traffic on the motorway could be heard, snarling untiringly." —Aldiss

"Approximately 60 pages of the novel are taken up by poems and song lyrics which compliment or comment upon the action of the novel, often providing a voice for the supporting characters."