Cuban Science-Fiction Books

Used science-fiction books seem hard to find in Cuba. I get the impression that those who are lucky enough to own them tend to hang on to them, and so it's a rare book stall that has any genre fiction for sale. I was able to purchase a couple of volumes, but most of the books I obtained in Havana were gifts from the writers and editors I visited.

Below (with minimal information, I'm afraid) is a small sampling of Cuban science-fiction book covers.


Cuentos Cubanos
de Cinecia Ficción

1983
The first anthology
of Cuban science fiction
Juan Carlos Reloba Santana, editor

Los Papeles de Valencia el Mudo
1983
Oscar Hurtado
a collection by one of Cuba's
most influential SF writers

¿Donde Esta Mi Habana?
1985
F. Mond

Una Leyenda del Futuro
1985
Augustin De Rojas

El Elegido
1988
Julián Pérez

Nova de Cuarzo
1999
Vladimir Hernández Pacín
A collection of
cyberpunk stories

Los Pecios y los Náufragos
1999
José Miguel Sánchez
(writing as Yoss)

El Duida
2000
Gina Picart

Sol Negro: Crónicas de Sotreun
2001
Michel Encinosa Fú

Niños de Neón
2001
Michel Encinosa Fú

After spending some time with these volumes—and a good Spanish-English dictionary—I hope that I'll be able to report further on the flavor of these works.

The Faces of Cuban Science Fiction

The Streets of Havana

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