Leaving planet earth / / Catrin Evans and Lewis Hetherington

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811298203321
• Autore: Evans Catrin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Oberon Books, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-78319-533-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Collana: Oberon modern plays
• Disciplina: 629.44
• Soggetti: Space colonies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Characters; Departure Point; Aboard the Voyager; The Gfo Film; The Car Park; Leading Audience into Their First Space; The Mining Department; Transparency Coordinator has an Official Chat with a Wellness Enabler; Miner Experience Continued; Lifestyle Suite: Viewing Point for the House of Gatekeeper; Decision About Old Earth With Vela & Peace-Building Commissioner; Data Miner, Arrivals Officer and Pilot in the Bar; The Atrium: One; Old Earth Visualisation Exercise; Old Earth Museum; The Guard and Vela Wait at the Memory Bank; Memory Bank Vela Visits SineadVela in the Old Earth Museum; The Atrium: Two; Mapping Station; Pilot and Peacebuilding Commissioner; Transparency Coordinator Talks of Naming Her Land; Transparency Director, Wellness Enabler and Peacebuilding Commissioner Meet the Guard; The Atrium: Three; Arena
• Sommario/riassunto: Old Earth has nothing left for us, and so it is time for a new beginning. Cross galaxies, traverse light years and find yourself in a world where you can be the centre of your own universe. Welcome to New Earth. Never look back. Vela, the revered and celebrated architect of this new society, has recently been avoiding her public duties in favour of visiting the Old Earth Museum and the company of its Security Guard. As the final migrants arrive, she is becoming increasingly obsessed by her memories, and questions are growing about her sanity.Leaving Planet Earth is a site-responsive