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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Hotel Hyperion
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Giramondo Publishing , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dreams and Artefacts, Lisa Gorton , sequence poetry (p. 1-6)
Dreams and Artefacts: Ii"Patiently, ticket by ticket, a soft-stepped crowd", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 3)
Dreams and Artefacts: IIi"Where the sea is", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 4)
Dreams and Artefacts: IIIi"In the next room, they have custom built a staircase.", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 5)
Dreams and Artefacts: IVi"It is raining as I leave -", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Storm Glass, Lisa Gorton , sequence poetry (p. 7-15)
A Description of the Storm Glass and Brief Guide to Its Use in Forecasting the Weatheri"A sealed dome of glass where crystals,", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 9-15)
Note: With first line: An invention of alchemists, the first Storm Glasses were sold
Hotel Hyperion, Lisa Gorton , sequence poetry (p. 17-24)
Note: Epigraph: Tis far off,/And rather like a dream than an assurance
Hotel Hyperion 1 : Press Releasei"They chose my child, I visit him", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 19)
Hotel Hyperion II : The History of Space Traveli"In truth, the history of space travel", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 20)
Hotel Hyperion III : Screen, Memory (from a work-in-progress)i"When I try to remember those years,", Lisa Gorton , extract poetry (p. 21)
Hotel Hyperion 1V : Settlement, Titani"The glassed-in world the scale of memory, self-possessing its own loss", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 22)
Hotel Hyperion V : Discoveryi"Routine search, Kuiper Peninsula", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Room and Bell, Lisa Gorton , sequence poetry (p. 29-36)
Room and Bell : Ii"I rang the bell and they came. The bell was made of", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 31)
Note: Author note: At which point unexpectedly, sorting through a box of toys, I found that brass bell which stood beside my bed through all that childhood illness, and which, though I had long since forgotten it, kept still the power of summoning people to my room ...
Room and Bell : IIi"Whatever time they came to the door, they had the", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 32)
Room and Bell : IIIi"A bland, small room - nothing about it accounts for the", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 33)
Room and Bell : IVi"In truth, the dreamt-up room has less in common", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 34)
Room and Bell : Vi"In this architecture, which is built in us, there is no part", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 35)
Room and Bell : VIi"That room has gone, the wall knocked out to extend", Lisa Gorton , single work poetry (p. 36)
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