Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/books/latin-american-science-fiction.html

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Knoll0114@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I've been learning Spanish so hopefully I can get to some of these soon - currently on approx. a Middle Grade reading level.

altz3r0@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y

Thanks for sharing! This surge in latin science fiction has been top of my interest this year. I've been looking mostly into Brazilian sci-fi, which sadly is more scarce (I'm working on adding a few more drops to this bucket myself :P).

I'm really enjoying the divergence from the anglo-saxonic vision we have in the genre, and also the light they bring to the social/economic issues we face in our region. Not to mention the amazing and underrepresented cultural elements we have here!

Perhaps this is also a great moment for this surge, as the language barrier is becoming more and more irrelevant with good ai translation.