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    Stay Up Late
    Stay Up Late
    Stay Up Late
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    Stay Up Late

    By Gregory Edwards

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    Stay Up Late is a collection of poems of varying lengths. Most of these poems have either Science Fiction or Fantasy as the focus of their essential themes. They are all concerned with the relationships between human beings, their evolving technological world and their place in it, and beyond. These poems were written over a period of time in several different countries, and seek to comment on the human condition in an international, global context.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGregory Edwards
    Release dateDec 15, 2013
    ISBN9781310085123
    Stay Up Late
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    Gregory Edwards

    I love to write poetry in my spare time, which generally consists of sitting on trains going in and out of central London. In addition to writing poetry, my work is concerned with art and the urban environment. I call this theme ‘The Decorated City’, and I am dedicated to increasing awareness of how important it is for urban dwellers to have a beautiful and inspiring environment, and not simply empty walls of concrete and brick.My first printed book ‘Hidden Cities,’ (1991) was a book about history, art and design in architectural details, and was published by Vancouver Canada publisher Talonbooks. I researched and wrote the text, designed the book, and shot all of the 371 photographs in it. ‘Hidden Cities’ won a City of Vancouver Heritage Award for 1992. It was also a nominee for the Vancouver Book Award. You can still find it on Amazon.In 1994 I moved to London where I have lived, worked and studied for over twenty years. During this time I have exhibited photographs of Art Deco architecture on numerous occasions, and given talks about London’s Art Deco architecture. From 2006-2012 I also had a website called ‘London Deco’.In September 2014 I published the first volume of a series of ebooks: ‘London Deco: Offices’. This was the first publication dedicated to exclusively examine the city’s considerable number of Art Deco office buildings, most of them in central London. This ebook has over three hundred photographs in it, and includes sections devoted to buildings that no longer exist, and also on contemporary ones which reference Art Deco. This was only available from Apple, but has now been translated to Smashwords, albeit in two volumes due to the high number of photos in it.This was followed by ‘London Deco: Residences – Part 1 Suburbia’ and some time later with ‘London Deco: Residences – Part 2 Central London’. These two ebooks effectively divide the tremendous number of Art Deco apartments – ‘blocks of flats’ to Londoners – into outer and inner segments which in turn each revolved West - North - East - South. With these two volumes a broad survey is presented, showing the many forms of Art Deco flats constructed in the Greater London area, mainly in the 1930s, but sometimes later. Both feature hundreds of photographs, many in single album frames. At this point only available from Apple.Another work, ‘London Deco: Introduction’ is available as a free download. All of these books can be located by searching for ‘gregory edwards london deco’. This is available from Apple too, but also from Smashwords for non-Apple users.Art and poetry activities have so far resulted in ‘Stay Up Late’ which is a collection of science-fiction and fantasy poems available from Smashwords and Apple. I have recently published a new work, an illustrated collection of poems called: ‘Rotten Rhymes’. This is intended to be fun, light reading with the occasional bite of comment on life.

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      Stay Up Late - Gregory Edwards

      Stay Up Late

      Science Fiction and

      Fantasy Poems

      by Gregory Edwards

      Stay Up Late

      By Gregory Edwards, Copyright 2013

      Some of these poems have been previously published elsewhere.

      'Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Introduction

      This collection of poetry follows a lifetime interest in fantastic writing. I have referred to it here as Science Fiction and Fantasy as this is a convenient term, and a recognizable label for such writing as a genre, but of course fantastic writing covers a significantly broader swathe of texts from both the past and today.

      As far as Science Fiction goes we can see a steady dialogue between the intense, rapid growth of the machine age and the

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