Agustín de Rojas
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Agustín de Rojas (1949-2011) is the patron saint of Cuban science fiction. A professor of the history of theater at the Escuela de Instructores de Arte in Villa Clara, he authored a canonical trilogy of novels consisting of Espiral (Spiral, 1982), for which he was awarded the David Prize; Una leyenda del futuro (A Legend of the Future, 1985); and El año 200 (The Year 200, 1990), all of which are scheduled for publication in English translation by Restless Books. While he was heavily influenced by Ray Bradbury and translated Isaac Asimov into Spanish, de Rojas aligned himself mostly with the Soviet line of socialist realism defined by brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and Ivan Antonovich Yefremov. After the fall of the Soviet Union, de Rojas stopped writing science fiction. He spent his final years persuaded—and persuading others—that Fidel Castro did not exist.
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By Agustín de Rojas
Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Hebe Powell
“There could scarcely be a more opportune moment for the appearance in English of the late Cuban science fiction master Agustín de Rojas’s epic novel The Year 200…. De Rojas’s lucid fictional world intersects with many of our contemporary technological obsessions but charges them with remarkably distinct political valences..... A riveting narrative of espionage and geopolitical turmoil.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books
Paperback• ISBN: 9781632060518
Publication date: Jul 12, 2016
By Agustín de Rojas
Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Hebe Powell
The long-awaited capstone to the landmark trilogy that began with A Legend of the Future and The Year 200 by Agustín de Rojas, “one of Cuba’s greatest science fiction writers” —SF Signal
eBook • ISBN: 9781632060716
Publication date: Jul 7, 2020
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By Agustín de Rojas
eBook • ISBN: 9781632060112
Publication date: July 7, 2020
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de Agustín de Rojas
«El mejor escritor de ciencia ficción en Cuba; la única discusión es cuál de sus obras es la mejor….[Su] trilogía Espiral, Una leyenda del futuro y El año 200 es todavía de lo mejor de la ciencia ficción cubana….Con un estilo muy depurado, y con un trasfondo científico social bien estructurado, la obra de Agustín sorprende por su contenido humanista. Sus preocupaciones acerca del sentido de la vida, y la evolución del ser humano lo colocan en un sitio privilegiado entre los escritores nacionales».
—Cuenta Regresiva
eBook • ISBN: 9781632060303
Publication date: Nov 11, 2014
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by Augustín de Rojas
Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor
Cuban Science Fiction
“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
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060358
Publication date: Jun 23, 2015