Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain ( series; Early Classics of Science Fiction )

Anthology

Edited by Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán

Published: Wesleyan University Press - hardback - 2003
ISBN: 0819566330 / 9780819566331

Wesleyan University Press - paperback - 2003
ISBN: 0819566349 / 9780819566348


Contents
Introduction: Science Fiction in Latin America and Spain - essay by Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina-Gavilán ( 2003 )
- IN THE BEGINNING: THE VISIONARIES
The Distant Future - short fiction by Juan Nepomuceno Adorno ( aka El remoto porvenir 1862 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Mexico )
On the Planet Mars - short story by Nilo María Fabra ( aka El Planeta Marte 1890 ) ( trans. by Ted Angell ) ( Spain )
- SPECULATING ON A NEW GENRE: SF FROM 1900 THROUGH THE 1950s
Mechanopolis - short story by Miguel de Unamuno ( aka Mecanopolis 1913 ) ( trans. by Patricia Hart ) ( Spain )
The Death Star - short story by Ernesto Silva Román ( aka El astro de la muerte 1929 ) ( trans. by Casandra Griffith & Andrea Bell ) ( Chile )
Baby H. P. - short story by Juan Jose Arreola ( aka Baby H. P. 1952 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Mexico )
- THE FIRST WAVE: THE 1960s TO THE MID-1980s
The Cosmonaut - short story by short story by Angel Arango ( aka El cosmonauta 1964 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Cuba )
The Crystal Goblet - short story by Jeronimo Monteiro ( aka O Copo de Cristal 1964 ) ( trans. by Roberta Rozende & David Sunderland ) ( Brazil )
A Cord Made of Nylon and Gold - short story by Alvaro Menen Desleal ( aka Una cuerda de nylon y oro 1965 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( El Salvador )
Acronia - short story by Pablo Capanna ( aka Acronia 1966 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Argentina )
The Last Refuge - short story by Eduardo Goligorsky ( aka En el Último reducto 1967 ) ( Argentina )
Post-Boomboom - short story by Alberto Vanasco ( aka Post-Bombum 1967 ) ( trans. by Laura Wertish & Andrea Bell ) ( Argentina )
Gu Ta Gutarrak ( We and Our Own ) - short story by Magdalena Moujan Otano ( aka Gu ta gutarrak ( Nosotros y los nuestros 1968 ) ( trans. by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán ) ( Argentina )
Future - short story by Luis Britto Garcia ( aka Futuro 1970 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Venezuela )
When Pilate Said No - short fiction by Hugo Correa ( aka Cuando Pilatos se opuso 1971 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Chile )
The Falsifier - short story by Jose B Adolph ( aka El falsificador 1972 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Peru )
The Violet's Embryos - shorts tory by Angelica Gorodischer ( aka Los embriones del violeta 1973 ) ( trans. by Sara Irausquin ) ( Argentina )
Brain Transplant - short story by Andre Carneiro ( aka Transplante de cérebro 1978 ) ( trans. by Joe F. Randolph ) ( Brazil )
The Annunciation - short story by Daina Chaviano ( aka La anunciación 1963 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán ) ( Cuba )
A Miscalculation - short story by Federico Schaffler ( aka Un error de cálculo 1983 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Mexico )
- RIDING THE CREST: THE LATE 1980s INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM
Stuntmind - short story by Braulio Tavares ( aka Stuntmind 1989 ) ( trans. by author ) ( Brazil )
Reaching the Shore - short story by Gullermo Lavin ( aka Llegar a la orilla 1994 ) ( trans. by Rena Zuidema & Andrea Bell ) ( Mexico )
First Time - short story by Elia Barcelo ( aka Estreno 1994 ) ( Spain )
Gray Noise - short story by Pepe Rojo ( aka Ruido gris 1996 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Mexico )
Glimmerings on Blue Glass - short story by Mauricio-Jose Schwarz ( aka Destellos en vidrio azul 1996 ) ( trans. by Ted Angell ) ( Mexico )
The Day We Went Through the Transition - short story by Ricard de la Casa & Pedro Jorge Romero ( aka El día que hicimos la transición 1998 ) ( trans. by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán & James Stevens-Arce )
Exerion - short story by Pablo Castro ( aka Exerion 2000 ) ( trans. by Andrea Bell ) ( Chile )
Like the Roses Had to Die - short fiction by Michel Encinosa ( aka Como tuvieron que morir las rosas 2001 ) ( trans. by Ted Angell ) ( Cuba )



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