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 [...]
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12/29/2009
Cosmos Latinos: Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain (Book Review, Part Two)
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Tags: Alberto Vanasco, aliens, André Carneiro, Andrea L. Bell, Angélica Gorodischer, Argentina, Álvaro Menén Desleal, Ángel Arango, Braulio Tavares, Brazil, bureaucracy, Chile, colonialism, Cosmos Latinos, Cuba, Daína Chaviano, dystopia, Eduardo Goligorsky, El Salvador, Elia Barceló, Ernesto Silva Román, fanboys, Federico Schaffler, futurism, genocide, Guillermo Lavín, Hugo Correa, individualism, interplanetary travel, inventions, Jerônimo Monteiro, José B. Adolph, Juan José Arreola, Juan Nepomuceno Adorno, Latin America, Luis Britto García, Magdalena Mouján Otaño, Mauricio-José Schwarz, media, Mexico, Michel Encinosa, Miguel de Unamuno, Nilo María Fabra, Pablo Capanna, Pablo Castro, Pedro Jorge Romero, Pepe Rojo, Peru, political metaphors, racial purity, religious imagery, Ricard de la Casa, robots, spaceships, Spain, technology, time travel, totalitarianism, utopia, Venezuela, video games, virtuality, Yolanda Molina-Gavilán
12/24/2009
Cosmos Latinos and the History of Latin American Sci-fi Literature (Book Review)
Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain Edited By Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán Wesleyan University Press, 2003 There are many Science Fiction authors that write in Spanish, but unfortunately few are translated into English (especially short stories) so Cosmos Latinos was a surprising find. Besides 27 short stories, [...]
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Tags: Andrea L. Bell, fantasy, Latin American literature, scifi, short stories, translations, Yolanda Molina-Gavilán
