Posts Tagged as ‘Argentina’

06/16/2010

Argentina Encourages Kids to Write Science Fiction in National Contest (News)

Over at cuyonoticias.com, I came across an article about a writing contest organized by the Sciences Faculty of the National University of San Luis in Argentina. They had previously held this contest in their province, and this year it will extend to all schools in Argentina. The goal of the contest is to develop students’ [...]

06/01/2010

Karibukai Animation Festival

This weekend I made it to the Karibukai Animation Festival. I say “made it” because it was raining constantly this past week and I waited until the very last day of the festival for drier weather. I got the chance to meet Carlos Goméz Nicolás (Nikodemo), creator of the funny animated series from Spain Cálico [...]

12/29/2009

Cosmos Latinos: Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain (Book Review, Part Two)

The previous post covered the introduction of the Cosmos Latinos anthology edited by Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina-Gavilán. This post will briefly describe the 27 short stories in the book without spoilers except for the first two essay-type stories. The 27 were selected to represent different authors and different “eras” of Latin American science [...]

11/18/2009

V Series Episode 3 Review: A Bright New Day

[NOTE: Minor spoilers for this episode, and big spoilers for episodes 1 and 2] With the third episode of V, I can confirm that the series is going in the right direction. My doubts from Episode One have abated and now I’m brainwashed by the Visitors. I only have two requests: Fix that sub par [...]