The Nomedian Library
The narrative
"It is imperative to give birth to islands." (Alexandre Vialatte)
You have in your hands the fruit of two years research. For - and this is the most appalling thing - now that computer networks are working again after a two-year total blackout, we must accept the facts: Nomedia has gone.
The few exploratory missions of the international programme "Nomedia revisited" have come to the conclusion that the mythic continent has again been mislaid. Some researchers even go so far as to say that this is not the first loss and, since the dawn of time, the Nomedian continental mass has never ceased to appear and disappear in the centre of the Pacific. Thus we have a mystery more profound than any that has fascinated the human race since it discovered how to write.
15th July 2028
A fascinating mosaic novel which, "virtually" immerses us in the past, the near future and the era of the first sea adventurers in the 17th century. And we get involved in this quest for Nomedia, we believe in it, we wonder about it and we would like to be there.
The captain, Alfred Boudry, lives between Montpellier and Aix-en-Provence. He has translated Electrons Libres (Free Electrons) by James Flint and La mariée mise à nu (The Bride stripped bare) by Nikki Gemmel published by Diable Vauvert; he is an author and theatre director.
The crew (six editors and two illustrators), American, British, French and Australian citizens: Poppy Burton, novelist; Graham Chadwick; Alain Guyard, philosopher and writer; Grégoire Hervier, dentist and writer; Edwin Hill, documentary film director and translator; Lola Luna, student; Raphaël Seznec, computer graphics illustrator; Marc Vassart, vet and writer.
