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Anthologies des Utopiales
Utopiales 2018
Le corps est un monde à parcourir, le sien, celui des autres, celui qu’on ne connaît pas. Le corps est changeant, mouvant, trompeur, révélateur, mensonge et vérité. Il se forme, se déforme et disparaît. Il peut être physique ou virtuel. Il est nous, mais pas entièrement... Tous les auteurs de cette anthologie des Utopiales l’explorent dans tous les sens, dans toutes les directions. Un continent à découvrir.
Ceci est la dixième anthologie officielle du festival des Utopiales réalisée par les éditions Actusf.
Sommaire
* "Anamnèse de la chair" de Olivier Cotte
* "Monade Incarnate" de Li-Cam
* "Conatus" de Laurent Genefort
* "Le cerveau du président a disparu" de John Scalzi (traduction : Sylvie Denis / INÉDIT)
* "Déliance" de Sabrina Calvo
* "Ascension" de Patrick Dewdney
* "La Première Pierre" d'Ursula K. Le Guin (traduction : Anne-Judith Descombey)
* "Le Garçon du goûteur" de Ben H. Winters (traduction : Erwan Devos et Hermine Hémon / INÉDIT)
* "Le Syndrome de Pan" de Morgane Caussarieu
* "Magie des renards" de Kij Johnson (traduction : Mélanie Fazi)
* "L’Amour au temps des chimères" d'Elisabeth Vonarburg
* "La Pluie" d'Alex Evans
* "Morts à crédits" de Jehanne Rousseau
Ceci est la dixième anthologie officielle du festival des Utopiales réalisée par les éditions Actusf.
Sommaire
* "Anamnèse de la chair" de Olivier Cotte
* "Monade Incarnate" de Li-Cam
* "Conatus" de Laurent Genefort
* "Le cerveau du président a disparu" de John Scalzi (traduction : Sylvie Denis / INÉDIT)
* "Déliance" de Sabrina Calvo
* "Ascension" de Patrick Dewdney
* "La Première Pierre" d'Ursula K. Le Guin (traduction : Anne-Judith Descombey)
* "Le Garçon du goûteur" de Ben H. Winters (traduction : Erwan Devos et Hermine Hémon / INÉDIT)
* "Le Syndrome de Pan" de Morgane Caussarieu
* "Magie des renards" de Kij Johnson (traduction : Mélanie Fazi)
* "L’Amour au temps des chimères" d'Elisabeth Vonarburg
* "La Pluie" d'Alex Evans
* "Morts à crédits" de Jehanne Rousseau
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First published November 8, 2018
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February 7, 2023
The festival Utopiales in Nantes, France, is one of the biggest SF-festivals in Europe. It's organised every year, has been attracting massive hordes of fans and people interested in the combination of science fiction and... science. Each year, there's also an anthology, featuring short stories around a theme. These stories are provided by national (French) and international (American, Belgian, ...) authors.
While I've haven't managed yet to go to Nantes, the anthology offers a nice alternative. I've read a few these past years (2016, 2017 and 2020). Still on my TBR-pile: 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. I4ve got some catching up to do, in other words. To close off 2022, I decided to work in chronological order, 2018 first thus.
While my previous reads were more successful, the 2018 edition proved to be less my cup of tea. A bit too many stories that didn't really captivate me. I won't go into detail this time, circumstances have not been ideal these past months.
The theme for the 2018 anthology was the human body: physical, technological (conscience continuing as bits and bytes; transforming the body (body parts), or otherwise. The cover art always offers a glimpse of what to expect.
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* "Anamnèse de la chair" de Olivier Cotte: very good story, should be a real life theatrical piece.
* "Monade Incarnate" de Li-Cam: surprisingly good, I must say. Though my previous read, in the anthology Nos Futurs solidaires of 2022, was also a success.
* "Conatus" de Laurent Genefort: my second read by Laurent Genefort (the first one was Lum'en), and while it was an ok story, it didn't convince me to read more by him.
* "Le cerveau du président a disparu" de John Scalzi (traduction : Sylvie Denis / INÉDIT). My first Scalzi story in French. Indeed, the man knows how to implement a touch of humour. Quite an entertaining story.
* "Déliance" de Sabrina Calvo: I've read only one story by Sabrina Calvo (in the anthology Nos Futurs solidaires, 2022), but 'Déliance' was far from my usual kinds of reads.
* "Ascension" de Patrick Dewdney. Good story, though a bit hard to get into.
* "La Première Pierre" d'Ursula K. Le Guin (traduction : Anne-Judith Descombey): food for thought, good story, even if Le Guin is not among my favourite authors.
* "Le Garçon du goûteur" de Ben H. Winters (traduction : Erwan Devos et Hermine Hémon / INÉDIT): an ok story, I like his novels better: Underground Airlines and Golden State.
* "Le Syndrome de Pan" de Morgane Caussarieu: interesting and accessible version of the Peter Pan story; however, Peter's not such a kind person here, what with the violence and vandalism. Not a story for children, to say the least.
* "Magie des renards" de Kij Johnson (traduction : Mélanie Fazi): this appears to be a romance story. Far from what I usually read. So yes (or no), I didn't like it at all. A little too fake, this love at first sight.
* "L’Amour au temps des chimères" d'Elisabeth Vonarburg: the second or third story by Ms Vonarburg that I've read so far. Another love story, a little better than Kij Johnson's, but still not my kind of read. I hope her novel 'Les voyageurs malgré eux' will be more inline with my preferences. I did like her short story in the anthology Créatures - Anthologie des Imaginales 2018.
* "La Pluie" d'Alex Evans. An ok story, though not among the best here. My previous reads were La Machine de Léandre (2019 reissue) and the short story Une collection d'ennuis (2018).
* "Morts à crédits" de Jehanne Rousseau. Not my cup of tea, sorry.
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Previously read:
* Utopiales 2016
* Utopiales 2017
* Utopiales 2020
While I've haven't managed yet to go to Nantes, the anthology offers a nice alternative. I've read a few these past years (2016, 2017 and 2020). Still on my TBR-pile: 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. I4ve got some catching up to do, in other words. To close off 2022, I decided to work in chronological order, 2018 first thus.
While my previous reads were more successful, the 2018 edition proved to be less my cup of tea. A bit too many stories that didn't really captivate me. I won't go into detail this time, circumstances have not been ideal these past months.
The theme for the 2018 anthology was the human body: physical, technological (conscience continuing as bits and bytes; transforming the body (body parts), or otherwise. The cover art always offers a glimpse of what to expect.
----------
* "Anamnèse de la chair" de Olivier Cotte: very good story, should be a real life theatrical piece.
* "Monade Incarnate" de Li-Cam: surprisingly good, I must say. Though my previous read, in the anthology Nos Futurs solidaires of 2022, was also a success.
* "Conatus" de Laurent Genefort: my second read by Laurent Genefort (the first one was Lum'en), and while it was an ok story, it didn't convince me to read more by him.
* "Le cerveau du président a disparu" de John Scalzi (traduction : Sylvie Denis / INÉDIT). My first Scalzi story in French. Indeed, the man knows how to implement a touch of humour. Quite an entertaining story.
* "Déliance" de Sabrina Calvo: I've read only one story by Sabrina Calvo (in the anthology Nos Futurs solidaires, 2022), but 'Déliance' was far from my usual kinds of reads.
* "Ascension" de Patrick Dewdney. Good story, though a bit hard to get into.
* "La Première Pierre" d'Ursula K. Le Guin (traduction : Anne-Judith Descombey): food for thought, good story, even if Le Guin is not among my favourite authors.
* "Le Garçon du goûteur" de Ben H. Winters (traduction : Erwan Devos et Hermine Hémon / INÉDIT): an ok story, I like his novels better: Underground Airlines and Golden State.
* "Le Syndrome de Pan" de Morgane Caussarieu: interesting and accessible version of the Peter Pan story; however, Peter's not such a kind person here, what with the violence and vandalism. Not a story for children, to say the least.
* "Magie des renards" de Kij Johnson (traduction : Mélanie Fazi): this appears to be a romance story. Far from what I usually read. So yes (or no), I didn't like it at all. A little too fake, this love at first sight.
* "L’Amour au temps des chimères" d'Elisabeth Vonarburg: the second or third story by Ms Vonarburg that I've read so far. Another love story, a little better than Kij Johnson's, but still not my kind of read. I hope her novel 'Les voyageurs malgré eux' will be more inline with my preferences. I did like her short story in the anthology Créatures - Anthologie des Imaginales 2018.
* "La Pluie" d'Alex Evans. An ok story, though not among the best here. My previous reads were La Machine de Léandre (2019 reissue) and the short story Une collection d'ennuis (2018).
* "Morts à crédits" de Jehanne Rousseau. Not my cup of tea, sorry.
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Previously read:
* Utopiales 2016
* Utopiales 2017
* Utopiales 2020
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