· A Planet for Rent. The most successful and controversial Cuban Science Fiction writer of all time, Yoss (aka José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) is known for his acerbic portraits of the island under Communism. In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss pays homage to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and by Thomas M. Disch/5. A Planet for Rent was written during the “Special Period,” a misleading title denoting the country’s scrabble to stay afloat in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, when the Cuban government opened the borders to tourism and capitalism’s evils, an act Yoss describes as “prostitut(ing) the nation.” Communist since , and. "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/5(36).
In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss critiques '90s Cuba by drawing parallels with a possible Earth of the not-so-distant future. Wracked by economic and environmental problems, the desperate planet is rescued, for better or worse, by alien colonizers, who remake the planet as a tourist destination. [www.doorway.ru] A Planet for Rent By Yoss [www.doorway.ru] A Redhead Looks at 60 By Joan Ellen Gage [www.doorway.ru] Ares Aphrodite By Jamie S. Rich [www.doorway.ru] A Preppers Guide To Surviving The Economic Collapse: How To Survive the Demise of Paper Money And Still Prosper By Wulfe Dixon. Alongside novels, the Yoss produces essays, reviews, and compilations, and actively promotes the Cuban science fiction literary workshops, Espiral and Espacio Abierto. A Planet for Rent is the inaugural title in Restless Books' Cuban Science Fiction series, launching digitally in the fall of About the Translator.
A Planet for Rent Yoss. Restless, $ e-book (p) ISBN Buy this book. This heavyhanded collection of interlinked stories written between 19depicts a future. A Planet for Rent. Yoss is one of the most controversial and successful of Cuba's science fiction writers. As well known for his rock-and-roll style as he is for his portrait of Cuba under Communism, his work is modern, dynamic and yet deep and thoughtful. A Planet for Rent is Yoss’s thinly veiled, scathing critique of s Cuba, using the genre of science fiction to elude censure Satirizing our fear of subjugation and the other, Yoss’s implementation of aliens very literally confronts contemporary anxieties about immigration and diaspora. The true power of science fiction lies in its capacity to convey the reality of human existence, and the threats we face from internal and external sources, while using language, images, and concepts.
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