Space junk comes to life in Ceridwen Dovey’s aching and profound tales of fallen astronauts
- Written by Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
Alones/ShutterstockCeridwen Dovey’s Only the Astronauts is a book of stories about the fantasies that have caused humans since the 1950s to launch items – including themselves – into outer space. The stories are whimsical and, to differing degrees, factual.
This is what gives them their piquancy. The absurdity of the scenario is...
