The Water Age & Other Fictions

by Tracey Warr

Overview

Octavio Paz meets J.G. Ballard meets David Attenborough in these suspenseful and lyrical future fiction tales of hybrid species and aqua technologies. 'Meanda' takes place on an ocean exoplanet and is a story of first contact. 'Asbru' tangles scientific researchers in the fronds of Icelandic algae. The stories engage with the behaviours and properties of water. Other stories explore slime technologies. These fictions are spawned by aquatic flora and fauna, such as spitting fish, inking squids and singing whales. and above all, they are inspired by water itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780995490215
Publisher:	Meanda Books
Publication date:	08/20/2018
Series:	Water Age , #1
Pages:	82
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Tracey Warr is a fiction and non-fiction writer. She describes herself as writing in the vicinity of art. She has been an invited writer in the following international projects: Exoplanet Lot (Maison des Art Georges et Claude Pompidou), Frontiers in Retreat (HIAP, Finland) and Zooetics (Jutempus, Lithuania). She was a senior university lecturer including posts at Darlington College of Arts, Oxford Brookes University and Bauhaus University. Her historical novels, set in France, England and Wales, are published by Impress Books: Almodis the Peaceweaver (2011), The Viking Hostage (2014), Conquest I: Daughter of the Last King (2016) and Conquest II: The Drowned Court (2017). www.impress-books.co.uk. Her fiction has received awards from Literature Wales and Santander and was shortlisted for the Impress Prize. Her published work on contemporary art includes The Artist's Body (Phaidon, 2000), Remote Performances in Nature and Architecture (Routledge, 2015) and The Midden (Garret, 2018) and many essays published with Tate, Intellect, Merrell/Barbican and others. She is currently working on a biography entitled Three Female Lords, about three sisters who lived in southern France and northern Spain in the 11th century. The biography has been supported by an Authors' Foundation Award. traceywarrwriting.com

Table of Contents

Earth’s Lament

Meanda

The Extraterrestrial

FORD

The Water Age

Asbru

Notes

Thanks

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

‘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.’ Goodreads

‘Wonderful thought provoking story with descriptions that immerse you in the water’ Amazon

On Tracey Warr's other published fiction:

'I could not put this book down from the moment I started it. I practically inhaled the content.' Poppy Coburn

‘machiavellious plotting …. human chess played with lives and land' The Bookbag

'I would thoroughly recommend this book, which immerses the reader so deeply in its world.' Historical Novels Review

'Historical fiction at its very best....rich in sensory detail.' Goodreads

‘I was gripped from the start … a richly detailed and compelling read. I couldn't put this novel down, and finished it in 2 days. Highly recommended.' Goodreads

‘A wonderful novel brilliantly researched and told in a fantastic page turning style… it will appeal to fans of Carol McGrath, Joanna Courtney and Patricia Bracewell.’ Lisa Reads Books

‘Recommended if you’re a fan of Poldark, Outlander, Philippa Gregory…’ What.i.read

‘Tracey Warr manages to bring forgotten, historical characters to life with such vivacity… [with] impeccably well researched history and well-conjured settings, Conquest makes for one engrossing historical read… [in] a similar writing style to Diana Gabaldon.’ Cosy Reads

'If you are a fan of Game of Thrones and the Borgias, especially the female characters and their perspective, then you'll enjoy this book, which really deserves its own tv series ... Warr has an intelligent wit and ability to bring the historical conditions of women to life through vivid storytelling.’ Amazon

'The characters are just alive as you read. Couldn't put it down!’ Amazon

'This book accompanies me everywhere, and I am transported into the world of the characters, the smells, the views, the feelings … it pulls you into the time and world of the book. I can't rave about this book enough, read it, you won't be disappointed.’ Goodreads

'I read the book over a couple of days when I really should have been doing something else.’ The Book Bag

‘5* Oh now THIS was delightful. Warr manages a really believable level of daily-life detail … A+, would read again.’ Good Reads

‘I finished the book in two late-night sittings because I didn’t want to stop reading …. this is serious entertainment.’ A Corner of Tenth Century Europe

'5 Stars. This was an amazing book on many levels for me and I was indeed sorry for it to end.' Reading the Ages

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