Iván Rodrigo Mendizábal
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
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.
Nicolás Kingman: un observador de lo fantástico
On March 19, the writer and journalist Nicolás Kingman Riofrío passed away at 99; he made contributions to Ecuadorian SF and Fantasy literarture.
Hawking y la ciencia ficción
Dr. Stephen Hawking and Science fiction: "I read a lot of science fiction when I was a teenager..."
“Abandonado”: acento de la ciencia ficción en el medioambiente
In this review of Abandoned by Jorge Oswaldo Claudio Toscano, Ivan questions whether it achieves its purpose of raising awareness of environmental deterioration.
“Alas de arcángel”: fantasía juvenil
Wings of the Archangel, a new novel by Ariana D. Aldaz López, explores the mother-daughter relationship
“Mickey Mouse a gogo”: del ser humano trascendental al clonado
Mickey Mouse a gogo is undoubtedly seminal: a work of science fiction theatre that opens up reflections and worries.
Teatro de ciencia ficción en Ecuador
An overview of Spanish language science fiction theatre, starting with a Spanish language adaptation of Orson Well's War of the Worlds.
“El inventor de sueños”: la pregunta por el ethos
Henry Bäx's The Inventor of Dreams is a science fiction book with sobering concerns.
“5079: archivos secretos”: un escape al futuro de la humanidad
Augusto Rodríguez' 5079: Secret Files is a novel told in fragments of documents, both official and secret, that tell the story of a migration from Earth to save humanity.