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1) Spiral
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The winner of Cuba's prestigious Premio David in 1980, Spiral is another magisterial space opera from the late great science fiction author Agustín de Rojas. Deeply committed to the Revolution, Rojas presents a stunning critique of the Cuban regime under Fidel Castro by inviting the comparison of Spiral's fictional moral universe, one in which Che Guevara's principles of socialism are followed to the letter, with the brutal realities of everyday...
2) Condomnauts
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"Yoss (Super Extra Grande) is an eminent Cuban SF writer who also fronts a heavy metal band; his iconoclastic spirit and rock-and-roll aesthetic are on full ingenious display in this daring, rollicking, and joyous novel…. This extended dirty joke is also an impressive science fiction novel with much to say about sex, culture, and what it means to be alien." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
In the 24th century, Josué Valdés' rise from an orphan...
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"Finally, we have the chance to read a landmark work from one of Cuba's greatest science fiction writers…. If you like intensely psychological sci-fi that deftly piles on the suspense, this novel's for you…. The boundaries between dream and reality, and then between human and machine, almost melt away as the story progresses. And it is de Rojas's skillful manipulation of those boundaries that makes A Legend of the Future so addictive." -SF Signal
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"A Planet for Rent is the English-language debut of Yoss, one of Cuba's most lauded writers of science fiction. Translated by David Frye, these linked stories craft a picture of a dystopian future: Aliens called xenoids have invaded planet Earth, and people are looking to flee the economically and socially bankrupt remains of human civilization. Yoss' smart and entertaining novel tackles themes like prostitution, immigration and political corruption....
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Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2016
Barnes and Noble Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016
"Intergalactic space travel meets outrageous, biting satire in Super Extra Grande…. Its author [Yoss] is one of the most celebrated-and controversial-Cuban writers of science fiction…. Reminiscent of Douglas Adams-but even more so, the satire of Rabelais and Swift." -The Washington Post
With the playfulness and ingenuity of Douglas Adams, the Cuban...
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YOSS (José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) es sin duda el autor más renombrado y controversial de la ciencia ficción cubana. En su best-seller Se alquila un planeta, nos ofrece la visión desgarradora de un porvenir en la Tierra que le sirve de espejo para reflexionar sobre la Cuba de los años noventa bajo el régimen de Fidel Castro. En este futuro mordaz, nuestro planeta es rescatado de sus problemas económicos y ambientales por la invasión de extraterrestres...
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YOSS (José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) es sin duda el autor más renombrado y controversial de la ciencia ficción cubana. En su best-seller Se alquila un planeta, nos ofrece la visión desgarradora de un porvenir en la Tierra que le sirve de espejo para reflexionar sobre la Cuba de los años noventa bajo el régimen de Fidel Castro. En este futuro mordaz, nuestro planeta es rescatado de sus problemas económicos y ambientales por la invasión de extraterrestres...
8) Red Dust
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From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals.
On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the aliens-praying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan...
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