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The Meganet of Ronald Delgado

badenglish — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:47:20 +0000

Alfa Eridiani has edited a new Erídano: “El despertar de Meganet�? (The awakening of Meganet) of the Venezuelan author Ronald Delgado. The 183 pages book is a collection of 6 stories set in the universe of Meganet (Massive Einstein-Giraud Autonomous Network) a vast artificial intelligence that extends throughout the solar system and that modulates the history of humanity acting in decisive moments of their development. The stories of the Meganet are a combination of Cyberpunk with Space Opera.“El despertar de Meganet” was originated from a proposal to Ronald Delgado by the editor of Alfa Eridiani José Joaquín Ramos who had been interested in a couple of short stories set in the universe of this giant AI; Ramos suggested to Delgado a further development of the theme. The stories can be read independently of each other, but maintains some chronological order.The book can be purchased at http://eridano.alfaeridiani.com.

Necronomicon #18 online

badenglish — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:49:32 +0000

Another new issue of the Necronomicon is online. The August 2008 issue (#18) comes with stories of Joaquín Torres (Spain), Víctor Cuotto Drax (Venezuela) and Héctor Chavarría (México). These stories are about of travel in time of an avenger, the torments of a writer trapped by his job and a horror being of the romanticism era. The art is from the winner of the first Electronic Publishers International Award in the category of illustration: Juan Raffo

The contents of Necronomicon #18 are:

Una flor en el cementerio (A flower in a cemetery)……….Joaquín Torres
Maxwell Huntington, escritor (Maxwell Huntington, writer)……….Víctor Cuotto Drax
Der döppelganger……….Héctor Chavarría

The issue is located at http://necronomicon.avcff.org/necronomicon/necro18/necro18.htm

Necronomicon is a periodical fanzine written in spanish devoted to the very short fiction in the fantastic genre (Terror, Fantasy and Science Fiction). The fanzine is a tribute to H. P. Lovecraft, so the lovecraftian themes are privileged by the editorial line. Necronomicon published stories of less than 1000 words in length. Contributions should be sent to necronomicon@avcff.org.
Necronomicon is published by Jorge De Abreu for the Venezuelan Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (http://www.avcff.org)

Susana Sussmann on argentine radio

badenglish — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:56 +0000

On January 20 the Argentine radio station “La voz de las madres” (Voice of mothers) in its program “Venezuela es el sur” (Venezuela is the south) interviewed the Venezuelan writer Susana Sussmann. The reason of the interview was the current call by the Asociación Venezolana de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía (Venezuelan Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy) to edit an anthology of Venezuelan Science Fiction; Sussmann is part of the group of evaluators of this anthology. During the 8 minutes of the chat, Sussmann talked a little about of the literary and publishers scenario in Venezuela, The current proliferation of new editorial enterprises and the energy with which Venezuelan editorial world is supporting the emergence of new literary signatures. However the emphasis of Sussmann was in the Venezuelan Science Fiction, particularly in fantastic literature; both of which, despite not enjoying the full benefits of the mainstream literature, have managed to walk its own path and express their own voices with personality. His final words were of optimism and hope for the future of the Venezuelan SF.

You can hear the audio of the interview (spanish) in http://quarksdesabores.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-20T16_17_05-08_00.mp3

Venezuelan SF anthology

badenglish — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:37:00 +0000

The Venezuelan science fiction and fantasy Association (Asociación Venezolana de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía – AVCFF) has called to Venezuelan writers to participate in an anthology of science fiction. The idea is to establish a collection of fiction books on science fiction, fantasy and terror whose first title is this anthology. The purpose of the anthology is to gather all Venezuelan SF writers of today in one book. The anthology is made up of stories from 3000 to 10000 words and is expected to will be published at the end of the year 2008.

R. R. Mota in Necronomicón #16

badenglish — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:23:26 +0000

The writer R. R. Mota appeared in the Necronomicón # 16 with his story “El loto negro�? (“The Black Lotus”). This is the first collaboration of Mota with Necronomicón. The story is an horror tale related to the myths of Cthulhu and tells the story of a flower cursed condemning those who see it. Mota is a young Venezuelan writer passionate about the visions of the genius of Providence. He host a forum on H. P. Lovecraft. Necronomicón is a Venezuelan fanzine that publish very short Horror stories of writers of Latin America and Spain. It’s been on-line since 2004.

Sosa Briceño and Sussmann in Crónicas de la Forja #3

badenglish — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:22:35 +0000

The Venezuelan writers Alejandro Sosa Briceño and Susana Sussmann both published two short stories in the digital magazine “Crónicas de la Forja�?. The magazine gathers the work of the participant writers in the literary workshop “Los Forjadores�?. The story of Sosa Briceño is titled “Simulacro�? (“Simulacrum�?) and the one of Sussmann is titled “Ups!�? Both stories talk about asteroids, planetary catastrophes and virtual reality.

Jorge De Abreu in Vórtice en línea #10

badenglish — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:26:59 +0000

In the digital magazine “Vórtice en línea�? #10 appeared published the story of Jorge De Abreu, “Método científico�? (Scientific Method). The same story had been published before, although translated to the Italian, at the beginning of year in the collection “Schegge di futuro�? compiled by Gianluca Turconi. “Método científico�? is a science fiction history that mocked the scientific work and criticizes some of its ethical deviations. An issue of “Vórtice en línea�? #10 can be downloaded from the address: http://www.vortice.elparnaso.com/vorticeenlinea10.pdf

Ronald Delgado in Urbe Magazine

badenglish — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:47:29 +0000

Ronald Delgado recently obtained the third place in the First Contest of Erotic Short Stories “Sex for read�?, organized by Urbe Bikini magazine at the end of the last year. The presentation of the awards was made about the middle of February and the winning stories appear in the March edition of the magazine. Delgado participated with the story titled “1000101�? (69 in binary numeration) and in reference to the story he indicated that it is a mixture of eroticism with a 60% of science fiction.

New stories from Martínez, Sussmann and De Abreu

badenglish — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:38:58 +0000

Short stories from Zoraida Martinez, Susana Sussmann and Jorge De Abreu appeared in the special issue for the first anniversary of Crónicas de la Forja (Chronicles of the Forge), conformed by the fourteen better stories written in the virtual literary workshop “Los Forjadores�? during year 2006. The stories of the Venezuelan authors were: Humanidad (Humanity - Susana Sussmann), La nueva estrella (The New Star - Zoraida Martinez) and Ascensión (Ascension - Jorge De Abreu).

De Abreu speaks with “method”

badenglish — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:08:12 +0000

In the site of journalist Giampietro Stocco, The Uchronicles, was published the interview to the Venezuelan writer Jorge De Abreu. In the conversation De Abreu mainly speaks about science fiction in Venezuela, his literary activity, its vision of the genre and he comments the reasons that compelling him to write “Método científico�? (Scientific Method), short story that integrated the Italian anthology of Latin American authors of science fiction: “Schegge di future�? (Splinters of Future). The interview of De Abreu can be read in italian in http://www.giampietrostocco.it/Abreu.html.