Cosmos latinos : an anthology of science fiction from Latin America and Spain / translated, edited, & with an introduction & notes by Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán.

Other author Bell, Andrea L., 1960-
Other author Molina-Gavilán, Yolanda.
Format Book
Publication InfoMiddletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxi, 352 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Science fiction, Latin American--Translations into English.
Latin American fiction--20th century. --Translations into English.
Science fiction, Spanish--Translations into English.
Spanish fiction--20th century. --Translations into English.

SeriesThe Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series
Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series. ^A582384
Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Science fiction in Latin America and Spain -- I. In the beginning The visionaries -- Distant Future (Mexico 1862) / Juan Nepomuceno Adorno -- On the Planet Mars (Spain, 1890) / Nilo Maria Fabra -- II. Speculating on a new genre SF From 1900 through the 1950s -- Mechanopolis (Spain, 1913) / Muguel de Unamuno -- Death Star (Chile, 1929) / Ernesto Silva Roman -- Baby H.P.(Mexico, 1952) / Juan Jose Arreola -- III. The First wave The 1960s to the mid-1980s -- Cosmonaut (Cuba, 1964) / Angel Arango -- Crystal goblet (Brazil, 1964) / Jeronimo Monteiro -- Cord made of nylon and gold(El Salvador, 1965) / Alvaro Menen Desleal -- Acronia (Argentina, 1966) / Pablo Capanna -- Last refuge (Argentina, 1967) / Eduardo Goligorsky -- Post-Boomboom (Argentina, 1967) / Alberto Vanasco -- Gu Ta Gutarrak(We and our own)(Argentina, 1968) / Magdalena Moujan Otano -- Future (Venezuala, 1970) / Luis Britto Garcia -- When Pilate said no (Chile, 1971) / Hugo Correa -- Falsifier (Peru, 1972) / Jose B. Adolph -- Violet's embryos (Argentina, 1973) / Angelica Gorodischer -- Brain transplant (Brazil, 1978) / Andre Carneiro -- Annunciation (Cuba, 1983) / Daina Chaviano -- Miscalulation (Mexico, 1983) / Federico Schaffler.
Contents IV. Riding the crest The late 1980s into the new millennium -- Stuntmind (Brazil, 1989) / Braulio Tavares -- Reaching the shore (Mexico, 1994) / Guillermo Lavin -- First time (Spain, 1994) / Elia Barcelo -- Gray noise (Mexico, 1996) / Pepe Rojo -- Glimmerings on blue glass (Mexico, 1996) / Mauricio-Jose Schwarz -- Day we went through the transition (Spain, 1998) / Ricard de la Casa and Pedro Jorge Romero -- Exerion (Chile, 2000) / Pablo Castro -- Like the roses had to die (Cuba, 2001) / Michel Encinosa -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- About the contributors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-350).
LCCN 2003041182
ISBN0819566330 (hbk.)
ISBN0819566349 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ7087.E5 C67 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold