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Agustín de Rojas

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Santa Clara, Cuba

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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 future (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 Ro ...more

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	A Legend of the Future by Agustín de Rojas, Nick Caistor (Introduction) 3.53 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year 200 3.63 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Espiral 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Viaje Entretenido de Agustín de Rojas, Natural de la Villa de Madrid (Classic Reprint) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Viaje Entretenido de Agustín de Rojas, Natural de la Villa de Madrid: Reproducción de la Primera Edición Completa de 1604; Libros Tercero y Cuarto (Classic Reprint) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Viage [sic] Entretenido 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Viage Entretenido De Agustin De Roxas V1: Nautral De La Villa De Madrid (1793) (Spanish Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	El ano 200 novela de ciencia ficcion primera edicion habana cuba 1990 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Espiral novela de ciencia ficcion premio david habana cuba 1980.primera edicion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Red Dust by Yoss, translated by David Frye

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The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Suzanne Levine & Aviva Kana

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Spiral by Agustín de Rojas, translated by Nick Caistor & Hebe Powell

4 votes, 16.0%

Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World by Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, translated by Fábio Fernandes

4 votes, 16.0%

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell & Ruth Sepp

3 votes, 12.0%

Bestiario by Julio Cortázar

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