Meanda est une nouvelle écrite et publiée en anglais, traduite en français. L'exoplanète Meanda est composée d'eau à 90%. Des archipels montagneux sur lesquels serpentent des rivières parsèment de vastes océans. Une expédition humaine débarque afin d'établir une base pour quelques habitants extrêmement aisés. L'environnement naturel s'est extrêmement dégradé sur Terre, et la société civile montre un déclin inéluctable. Les appareils utilisés révèlent aux membres de l'expédition que l'exoplanète n'abrite aucune forme de vie intelligente...
Tracey Warr was born in London, lived in southwest Wales and now lives in southern France. The castles and landscapes of Wales and France inspire her historical fiction. She is the author of six historical novels set in medieval Europe. She draws on old maps, chronicles, poems and objects to create fictional worlds for readers to step into. Sign up for her quarterly newsletter for book offers, events, and articles on writing and publishing. https://justmeandering.substack.com
Her writing awards include an Author’s Foundation Award, a Literature Wales Writer’s Bursary, the Rome Film Festival Book Initiative, and a Santander Research Award.
She has also published books on contemporary art including The Artist's Body and Remote Performances in Nature and Architecture. She is the author of future fiction: Meanda (French edition) and The Water Age and Other Fictions. She has also published the workbooks: The Water Age Art and Writing Workshops and The Water Age Children's Art and Writing Workshops.
Before becoming a full-time writer she worked as a contemporary art curator and art history academic. She teaches on MA Poetics of Imagination at Dartington Arts School, UK.
She is a member of the Society of Authors, the Historical Novel Society, Historical Writers Association.
Enjoyable futuristic tale about an exoplanet composed mostly of water and populated by human-like beings. A spaceship lands, looking for candidate planets to colonise, since Earth has become irrevocably polluted. A grim warning of what could happen in reality. I liked the description of the planetary beings' rather solitary society and their approach to decision-making and democracy. The ending was perhaps a little rushed for my taste, but overall this was an entertaining read.