El sueño de “Infinito 9” de Coello Game
The reissue of the Ecuadorian science fiction novel for adolescents, Infinito 9 (Loqueleo, 2017) by Verónica Coello Game leads to discussion of YA lit.
Los enredos burocráticos de “Iménez” de Noriega
A review of the re-issued novel by Colombian author Luis Noriega – Iménez
Memoria del futuro boliviano: sobre “En el cuerpo una voz” de Barrientos
An internationally published post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Bolivian author Maximiliano Barrientos
Tras las pistas de “Los custodios de la piedra” de Naranjo Espinoza
A review of The Custodians of the Stone the new novel by Ecuadorian writer Fernando Naranjo Espinoza
“Fata Morgana”: la ciencia ficción de Ortiz Lemos
A review of Ecuadorian writer Andrés Ortiz Lemos collection Fata Morgana
“Las peripecias inéditas de Teofilus Jones”: una antiutopía de Santaella
A discussion of “post-historical” science fiction, based on The Unpublished Adventures of Teofilus Jones by Fedosy Santaella,
Sobre dos novelas de Schweblin
An examination of the novels of Argentinian author Samanta Schweblin
La apuesta por el cambio de cuerpo: “El Cuerpo INC.” de Courtoisie
A review of Uruguayan Rafael Courtoisie fables about body modification in his book El Cuerpo INC.
Literatura infantil de ciencia ficción ecuatoriana: “El cofre del arte”
A review of The Art Chest by Roberto Falquez, a YA adventure
Refrenar o reprogramar las emociones: sobre la novela “Yo artificial” de Leonardo Wild
Examination of the Eduadorian author Leonardo Wild and his novel Unemotion, first published in German, then translated to Spanish
Vidas arruinadas: a propósito de “Cadáver exquisito” de Bazterrica
An Argentine dystopian novel, Exquisite Corpse, may be the occasion to reflect on what a pandemic could entai
“Mi amigo Quyllur”: una fábula de ciencia ficción ecuatoriana
Voyager’s golden disc prompts aliens to seek Earth in Mi amigo Quyllur, a film based on the eponymous novel by Renato Mendizábal Guillén
“Kurs, la búsqueda”: la eterna lucha entre bien el y mal
A review of Kurs, The Search by Kuraina Setrakianun, a novel that takes us back to before the big bang
Las “Historias de ciencia ficción” de Saldívar
A review of Peruvian science fiction author Carlos Enrique Saldívar’s collection Science Fiction Stories
Un viaje al mundo espiritual marciano
A Danish film from 1918 has been restored, a unique contribution to film called A Trip to Mars
“El beso de la sirena vampiro”: fantasía ecuatoriana
We are in a world of castles and enchantments. Torian, the protagonist prince, must face his destiny, between marrying or following the path offered by a vampire mermaid. Vampire Mermaid! Who needs more than that!?!
Acerca de una antología de ciencia ficción finlandesa
Northern lights: anthology of Finnish science fiction (Osuuskumma International, 2016), edited by Magdalena Hai and Anne Leinonen is an interesting and novel proposal to approach, in Spanish, Finnish science fiction and fantasy.
Recordando a Tarkovski desde “Zona” de Dyer
An essay on the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovski, director of Solaris (1972) and Stalker (1979)
“Ecos y cavernas”: la Tierra en el mundo virtual
Alejandro Veintimilla, Ecuadorian writer, has published Echoes and Caverns. 12 stories set in the context of cyberpunk science fiction. Its background is the technological world
“Elementos dispares”: conjuntando realidad, irrealidad y lo real
Francisco Proaño Arandi’s Disparate Elements explores the nature of reality
“Las guerras de los hijos del Sol”: mito y fantasía
Ecuadorian writer Pablo Gómez Morán gives us The Wars of the Children of the Sun, a rewrite of Andean myths
Los cuentos de Jorge Alberto Collao
A review of the collection by Chilean author Jorge Alberto Collao that asks – Can we laugh in the silence of the cosmos?
La ciencia ficción ecuatoriana del 2019
A survey of Ecuadoran Science Fiction and its 150+ year history
Una novela juvenil por los senderos de la literatura fantástica ecuatoriana
A review of Josette Burgaentzlé M.’s novel The Travelers of Sacred Gems, reminds us that life is learning and learning is life
La ciencia ficción del ecuatoriano Carlos Béjar Portilla
Carlos Béjar Portilla and the development of Ecuadorian Science Fiction
Clones y mundo exterior
A review of City of Virgins (2016)by Ecuadorian author Paulina Soto Aymar
Pensando la ciencia ficción desde Colombia
A two volume anthology of Columbian SF and words about its editor, Rodrigo Bastidas
“Rendición” de Ray Loriga
Ray Loriga’s novel Rendicion asks if it is possible to defend freedom by restricting it.
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