A vivid and startling poetry collection from award-winning poet, Dorothy Porter, Other Worlds travels the solar system for comets, distant moons and other heavenly bodies before returning to South America and the Northern Territory and finishing with a selection of commissioned works—including one for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Dorothy Featherstone Porter (1954–2008) is one of Australia's most versatile and best-loved poets. Dorothy was twice shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award, shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the Ned Kelly Awards, and won the Age Poetry Book of the Year award, the Premier's Award and John Bray Poetry Award at the Adelaide Festival Awards. Other Worlds was first published in 2001 and is one of five collections of her poetry in the Untapped Collection.