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'The story of an astronaut who launched himself into a black hole. The recovered fragments of his mind have been organized alphabetically into a witty, whimsical, surprisingly touching and laugh-out-loud funny dictionary of a floating mind.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Epigraph: If an astronaut falls into a black hole he will be returned to the rest of the universe in the form of radiation. Thus, in a sense, the astronaut will be recycled. However, it would be a poor sort of immortality because any personal concept of time would come to an end...All that would survive would be his mas or energy.- Stephen Hawking, Anglia Telvision.
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the one-step plan: "Ishvara-pranidhanad-va" (from Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra 1:23).
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Novel in dictionary form.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Blackheath,
Blue Mountains,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Brandl and Schlesinger
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Documentaryi"They came into the picture-house in tatters from the cold", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Daintreei"the river makes me happy", single work poetry (p. 114)
- Secretsi"i used to think", single work poetry (p. 117-118)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Exhilaration and Anxiety of Free Fall
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 33 2007;
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
Poet Alphabetically Examines Life, Love, Loss and Beyond
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 192-193)
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
The Book and Beyond : Keith Gallasch Enters the Kamikaze Mind
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: RealTime , August-September vol. 74 no. 2006;
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
World into Word
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 4 2006; (p. 113-116)
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 38)
— Review of Circle of Flight 2006 single work novel ; The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel
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In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 38)
— Review of Circle of Flight 2006 single work novel ; The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
World into Word
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 65 no. 4 2006; (p. 113-116)
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
Poet Alphabetically Examines Life, Love, Loss and Beyond
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 192-193)
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
The Exhilaration and Anxiety of Free Fall
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 33 2007;
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
The Book and Beyond : Keith Gallasch Enters the Kamikaze Mind
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: RealTime , August-September vol. 74 no. 2006;
— Review of The Kamikaze Mind 2006 single work novel -
Chancellor Awards Kamikaze Thesis
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 May 2006; (p. 29)
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