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Fantasy May 6, 2021

“Albanuma: la ciudad perdida”, el camino hacia la reconstitución humana

The Ecuadorian writer Jorge Vivanco has published a novel in Milan-Italy that borders on science fiction and fantasy. This is titled: Albanuma: the lost city (Ageebooks, 2015), which is in its second edition.

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Fiction March 13, 2021

“Ciudad Jenga” de Villacís, una distopía contemporánea

Ecuadorian writer Efraín Villacís’ new novel is dystopian science fiction

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Fantasy November 27, 2020

“Perseidas”, nueva ciencia ficción ecuatoriana

Introducing a new anthology of Ecuadorian SF

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Anime/Comics October 23, 2020

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 […]

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Awards August 7, 2020

Los enredos burocráticos de “Iménez” de Noriega

A review of the re-issued novel by Colombian author Luis Noriega – Iménez

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Fantasy June 26, 2020

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.

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Fiction June 5, 2020

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

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Review March 21, 2019

La ciencia ficción del ecuatoriano Carlos Béjar Portilla

Carlos Béjar Portilla and the development of Ecuadorian Science Fiction

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Review December 8, 2017

Distopías ecuatorianas

On Dystopias, with side trips to Philip K. Dick and Ecuador.

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Fantasy August 29, 2016

Réquiem para Tahínus: la aventura por un mundo nuevo

Tahínus Requiem is a philosophical science fiction novel that should not be missed.

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Fantasy May 4, 2016

“Sancho Panza en América” de Alfonso Barrera Valverde: un viaje fantástico

“Don Quixote (is) symbolic, that sublime embodiment of truth and virtue in cartoon form.” Alfonso Barrera Valverde’s Sancho Panza in America.

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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
May 30, 2013

Crossroads: “Speculative” Literary Fiction and SF/F Techniques

Last week, we talked about how works of speculative fiction deploy techniques commonly found in literary fiction. This week, we’re going to flip that coin and look at how mainstream literary fiction employs techniques developed […]

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Chris Gerwel
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Chris Gerwel is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Raised in New Jersey, he spent ten years in Central & Eastern Europe in the market research industry, and today when he isn’t reading or writing speculative fiction, he works in the software industry. He lives in northern NJ, with a beautiful wife and a rambunctious puppy, and also writes the weekly blog The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin.

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