Red Dust
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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.
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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.
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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. On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the aliens-praying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan Collosaurs with a limited sense of humor-kindly allow them to do business through properly controlled channels.
That's where our hero comes in, name of Raymond. As part of the android police force, this positronic robot detective navigates both worlds, human and alien, keeping order and evaporating wrongdoers. But nothing in his centuries of experience prepares him for Makrow 34, a fugitive Cetian perp with psi powers. Meaning he can alter the shape of the Gaussian bell curve of statistical probability-making it rain indoors, say, or causing a would-be captor to shoot himself in the face. Raymond will need all his training-and all his careful study of Chandler's hardbitten cops-to outmaneuver his quarry.
As he did in his brilliantly funny and sharp science-fiction satires A Planet for Rent, Super Extra Grande, and Condomnauts, Yoss makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar in Red Dust, giving us an unforgettable half-human hero and a richly imagined universe where the bad guys are above the laws of physics.
Autoren-Porträt von Yoss
Born José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, Yoss assumed his pen name in 1988, when he won the Premio David in the science fiction category for Timshel. Together with his peculiar pseudonym, the author's aesthetic of an impentinent rocker has allowed him to stand out amongst his fellow Cuban writers. Earning a degree in Biology in 1991, he went on to graduate from the first ever course on Narrative Techniques at the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Center of Literary Training, in the year 1999. Today, Yoss writes both realistic and science fiction works. Alongside these novels, the author produces essays, reviews, and compilations, and actively promotes the Cuban science fiction literary workshops, Espiral and Espacio Abierto. When he isn't translating, David Frye teaches Latin American culture and society at the University of Michigan. Translations include First New Chronicle and Good Government by Guaman Poma de Ayala (Peru, 1615); The Mangy Parrot by José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi (Mexico, 1816), for which he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; Writing Across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation in Latin America by Ángel Rama (Uruguay, 1982); and several Cuban and Spanish novels and poems.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Yoss
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2020, 208 Seiten, Masse: 14 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: David Frye
- Verlag: Restless Books
- ISBN-10: 1632062461
- ISBN-13: 9781632062468
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for A Planet for Rent:"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."
-Juan Vidal, NPR, Best Books of 2015
"Some of the best sci-fi written anywhere since the 1970s.... A Planet for Rent, like its author, a bandana-wearing, muscly roquero, is completely sui generis: riotously funny, scathing, perceptive, and yet also heart-wrenchingly compassionate.... Instantly appealing."
-André Naffis-Sahely, The Nation
"This hilarious and imaginative novel by Cuba's premiere science-fiction writer gets my vote for most overlooked novel of the year. Yoss's book imagines a world where Earth is run as a tourist destination by capitalist aliens who have little regard for the planet or its inhabitants. A Planet for Rent is a perfect SF satire for our era of massive inequality and seemingly unchecked environmental destruction."
-Lincoln Michel, VICE
Praise for Super Extra Grande:
"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."
-Nancy Hightower, The Washington Post
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"A lighthearted space-opera adventure by Cuban author Yoss.... This novel's madcap tone is very similar to Douglas Adams'-so much so that it's almost impossible to avoid drawing such comparisons (although Adams didn't joke about oral sex with aliens, as Yoss does here). As in Adams' works, the galaxy's species are terrifically alien, sporting six breasts and no teeth or breathing methane instead of oxygen.... An exceptionally enjoyable comic tale set in a fully realized, firmly science-fictional universe."
-Kirkus, Starred Review
Praise for Condomnauts:
"Yoss 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.... The novel is recognizable as a space opera, but everything from human history to the economics of galactic trade is seen from a richly irreverent angle. Josué is a three-dimensional, well-rounded protagonist whose flaws can be genuinely aggravating without overwhelming his natural charm. When hilarity ensues, as it often does, the laughs are earned and heartfelt. 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
"The book pays off in a climax that a well-trained Condomnaut would be proud of. What I loved about Condomnauts isn't just its unusual structure or how Yoss (mostly) avoids the obvious smutty gags, it's how he makes this a story about the marginalized. Those earlier scenes detailing Josué's nightmarish upbringing tie into the book's overall discussion about those who exist outside the mainstream, whether it's because of their color, their class, or their sexuality, and who find themselves, due to a strange set of circumstances, empowered to act.... Condomnauts, brought brilliantly into life by David Frye's translation, is an unconventional space opera that's heartfelt, brazen, exciting, and just a little bit naughty."
-Ian Mond, Locus Magazine
"A lighthearted space-opera adventure by Cuban author Yoss.... This novel's madcap tone is very similar to Douglas Adams'-so much so that it's almost impossible to avoid drawing such comparisons (although Adams didn't joke about oral sex with aliens, as Yoss does here). As in Adams' works, the galaxy's species are terrifically alien, sporting six breasts and no teeth or breathing methane instead of oxygen.... An exceptionally enjoyable comic tale set in a fully realized, firmly science-fictional universe."
-Kirkus, Starred Review
Praise for Condomnauts:
"Yoss 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.... The novel is recognizable as a space opera, but everything from human history to the economics of galactic trade is seen from a richly irreverent angle. Josué is a three-dimensional, well-rounded protagonist whose flaws can be genuinely aggravating without overwhelming his natural charm. When hilarity ensues, as it often does, the laughs are earned and heartfelt. 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
"The book pays off in a climax that a well-trained Condomnaut would be proud of. What I loved about Condomnauts isn't just its unusual structure or how Yoss (mostly) avoids the obvious smutty gags, it's how he makes this a story about the marginalized. Those earlier scenes detailing Josué's nightmarish upbringing tie into the book's overall discussion about those who exist outside the mainstream, whether it's because of their color, their class, or their sexuality, and who find themselves, due to a strange set of circumstances, empowered to act.... Condomnauts, brought brilliantly into life by David Frye's translation, is an unconventional space opera that's heartfelt, brazen, exciting, and just a little bit naughty."
-Ian Mond, Locus Magazine
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