REVIEW: Jan-Feb 2021 MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
For C.C. Finlay’s last edition of F&SF, Steve has nothing but kind words. What will the future—and F&SF’s new editor, Sheree Renée Thomas—bring?
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Dos cuentos “favoritos” y la muerte como tema literario
Death as a theme. (Go dig up Fosse’s “All That Jazz” for another example)
Los cuentos fantásticos de Shua en “Los devoradores”
Nine stories related to cultures of Australia, the Arab world, Africa, the Iroquois of North America, the Tobas of the South American Chaco, Japan, Italy and Nepal.
El género de Horror y la Ciencia Ficción: parientes cercanos Ciencia Ficción de Perú y Uruguay
“Science fiction has been, since Kepler’s Somnium or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a genre that offers creative proposals for the uncertain future.”
Carrie de Stephen King y la extraordinaria vida de la clase media común
A discourse on Stephen King’s Carrie
Ciberpunk en “El arca de los sueños” de Cedeño Menéndez
Ivan extols the virtues of emerging Ecuadorian author Richard Cedeño Menéndez. and his El arca de los Sueños (Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador, 2017) collection.
Literatura de género desde México y Perú: La noche en la zona M de Alberto Chimal y Epitafio de Luis Apolín
Commentary on the works of Alberto Chimal and Luis Apolín.
HAL 9000 o la máquina (im)perfecta
An examination of AI as presented in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Roy Batty o la memoria de la fragilidad de la vida
Reflections on Blade Runner’s Roy batty, on the occasion of his birthday.
Ciencia ficción ecológica y medioambiental en “Aún el agua” de Álvarez
Water was recently added to the commodities exchanges. Still the water (Seix Barral, Bogotá, 2019) by Juan Álvarez addresses this scary fact.
El humor fantástico en “Tripa Mistic” de Lugo Naranjo
A review of Ecuadorian author Rafael Lugo Naranjo’s, Tripa Mistic
TWO-BOOK REVIEW: JEFFREY A. CARVER
In his last column ever… for 2020… Steve talks about two books by Jeffrey A. Carver, and hopes you all have a wonderful winter season.
Retrofuturismo andino en los cuentos de “Cosmonauta” de Revollo Romero
A review of Bolivian author Hugo Revollo’s collection Cosmonaut: Retrofuturist and Fantastic Tales
25 GATES OF HELL REVIEW
In his penultimate 2020 column, Steve reviews a new horror anthology. Is it scary? Very!
Book Review: The Last Ritual by S.A. Sidor
Fact or fiction, reportage or editorial? We, as the readers are never sure
“Perseidas”, nueva ciencia ficción ecuatoriana
Introducing a new anthology of Ecuadorian SF
Los zombis, el futuro: sobre “Los murmurantes” de Páez
Santiago Páez, Ecuadorian SF author who is revitalizing the genre
“Profanador de recuerdos”, una novela juvenil de ciencia ficción ecuatoriana
Defiler of Memories (Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Quito, 2016) by Oliver Vera Barberán is a YA, debut science fiction novel
Read an excerpt from THE UNBROKEN by C. L. Clark
In a crumbling kingdom inspired by the deserts of North Africa, two women’s lives will become irrevocably changed
El increíble descubrimiento de Europa por parte de los Aztecas: la ucronía de Villacís Pastor
Contra los hispanófilos que aún en este mes de octubre –en el siglo XXI– siguen reclamando y celebrando el “día de la raza” –que por otro lado encierra una connotación racista por donde se le […]
REVIEW: EDWARD WILLETT’S “MOONLIT WORLD” (New book!)
Today Steve reviews a new book by Edward Willett called “The Moonlit World,” part of his “Worldshapers” series. He thought it was a lot of fun.
LISA MASON’S “ODDITIES” REVIEW Part II
Part II of Steve’s review of an excellent SF and fantasy collection of stories by San Francisco’s Lisa Mason.
Misterio y fantasía en la novela ecuatoriana “Diosa verde, la tabla de Esmeralda”
Review of an illustrated novel with three authors
The Great Milo by David Gerrold
Reprinting David Gerrold’s contribution to our special edition
I, Rocket by Ray Bradbury with an Introduction by JM Stine
A thing of steel and alloy—a rocket ship. Yet it claimed respect and gave a great enduring loyalty.
“Los dragones de Lumbre”: una fábula sobre el aprendizaje de la vida
Ecuadorian author María de los Ángeles Boada has written a children’s fable with the title: The Dragons of Lumbre.
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