By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

The 2021 Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta Awards Shortlist

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. 

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632062468 
Publication date: Jul 7, 2020

By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

“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

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061867
Publication date: Jul 17, 2018

By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2016 • 2017 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist • Best Translated Book Award Longlist • 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

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060563
Publication date: Jun 7, 2016

by Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

“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. Ultimately, it serves as an empathetic yet impassioned metaphor for modern-day Cuba, where the struggle for power has complicated every facet of society”

—NPR, Best Books of 2015

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060365
Publication date: Jun 23, 2015