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Agustin De Rojas

    Agustín de Rojas gilt als Schutzpatron der kubanischen Science-Fiction. Seine kanonische Romantrilogie wird derzeit ins Englische übersetzt und unterstreicht seinen bedeutenden Beitrag zum Genre. Obwohl er von Persönlichkeiten wie Ray Bradbury beeinflusst wurde und Isaac Asimov übersetzte, orientierte sich de Rojas hauptsächlich an der sowjetischen Linie des sozialistischen Realismus, wie sie von den Brüdern Strugatski und Ivan Jefremow definiert wurde. Nach dem Fall der Sowjetunion hörte er auf, Science-Fiction zu schreiben, und verbrachte seine letzten Jahre mit der Überzeugung, dass Fidel Castro nicht existierte.

    A Legend Of The Future
    The Year 200
    • 2016

      The Year 200

      • 539 Seiten
      • 19 Lesestunden
      3,7(114)Abgeben

      "Centuries have passed since the Communist Federation defeated the capitalist Empire, but humanity is still divided. A vast artificial-intelligence network, a psychiatric bureaucracy, and a tiny egalitarian council oversee civil affairs and quash 'abnormal' attitudes such as romantic love. Disillusioned civilians renounce the new society and either forego technology to live as 'primitives' or enhance their brains with cybernetic implants to become 'cybos.' When the Empire returns and takes over the minds of unsuspecting citizens in a scenario that terrifyingly recalls Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the world's fate falls into the hands of two brave women."-- Provided by publisher

      The Year 200
    • 2015

      A Legend Of The Future

      • 230 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden
      3,5(41)Abgeben

      “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 The first book by the father of Cuban science fiction to be translated into English, this mesmerizing novel, reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a science-fiction survival story that captures the intense pressures—economic, ideological, and psychological—inside Communist Cuba. A Legend of the Future takes place inside a spaceship on a groundbreaking mission to Titan, one of Saturn’s moons; back home, a final conflict between warring superpowers threatens the fate of the Earth. When disaster strikes the ship, the crewmembers are forced into a grand experiment in psychological and emotional conditioning, in which they face not just their innermost fears, but the ultimate sacrifice—their very humanity.

      A Legend Of The Future