Cosmos Latinos

Opening a window onto the fascinating new world of Latin American and Spanishscience fiction for English-speaking readers, this amazing anthology presents27 popular and influential stories ranging from 1862 to the present.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Science Fiction in Latin America and Spain

1

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I. In the Beginning

The Visionaries

Jaun Nepomuceno Adorno, "The Distant Future" (Mexico, 1862)

23

(13)

Nilo Maria Fabra, "On the Planet Mars" (Spain, 1890)

36

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II. Speculating on a New Genre

SF from 1900 through the 1930's

Miguel de Unamuno, "Mechanopolis" (Spain, 1913)

47

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Ernesto Silva Román, "The Death Star" (Chile, 1929)

52

(6)

Juan Jose Arreola, "Baby H.P." (Mexico, 1952)

58

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III. The First Wave

The 1960's to the Mid 198O's

Angel Arango, "The Cosmonaut" (Cuba, 1964)

63

(5)

Jeronimo Monteiro, "The Crystal Goblet" (Brazil, 1964)

68

(18)

Alvaro Menén Desleal, "A Cord Made of Nylon and Gold" (El Salvador, 1965)

86

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Pablo Capanna, "Acronia" (Argentina, 1966)

92

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Eduardo Goligorsky, "The Last Refuge" (Argentina, 1967)

109

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Alberto Vanasco, "Post-Boomboom" (Argentina, 1967)

116

(7)

Magdalena Mouján Otaño, "Gu Ta Gutarrak (We and Our Own)" (Argentina,1968)

123

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Luis Britto Garcia, "Future" (Venezuela, 1970)

136

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Hugo Correa, "When Pilate Said No" (Chile, 1971)

140

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Jose B. Adolph, "The Falsifier" (Peru, 1972)

153

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Angélica Gorodischer, "The Violet's Embryos" (Argentina, 1973)

158

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André Carneiro, "Brain Transplant" (Brazil, 1978)

194

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Daina Chaviano, "The Annunciation" (Cuba, 1983)

201

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Federico Schaffler, "A Miscalculation" (Mexico, 1983)

208

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IV. Riding the Crest

The Late 1980's into the New Millennium

Braulio Tavares, "Stuntmind" (Brazil, 1989)

215

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Guillermo Lavin, "Reaching the Shore" (Mexico, 1994)

223

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Elia Barceló, "First Time" (Spain, 1994)

235

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Pepe Rojo, "Gray Noise" (Mexico, 1996)

243

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Mauricio-José Schwarz, "Glimmerings on Blue Glass" (Mexico, 1996)

265

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Ricard de la Casa and Pedro Jorge Romero, "The Day We Went through the Transition (Spain, 1998)

271

(22)

Pablo Castro, "Exerion" (Chile, 2000)

293

(12)

Michel Encinosa, "Like the Roses Had to Die" (Cuba, 2001)

305

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Notes

331

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Selected Bibliography

339

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About the Contributors

351

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