Yoss — Restless Books (2024)

Born José Miguel Sánchez Gómez in Havana, Cuba, in 1969, Yoss assumed his pen name in 1988, when he won the Premio David in the science-fiction category for Timshel. Since then, he has gone on to become one of Cuba's most iconic literary figures—as the author of more than twenty acclaimed books, as a champion of science fiction through his workshops in Cuba and around the world, and as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Tenaz. His three novels translated into English are A Planet for Rent, Super Extra Grande, and Condomnauts.

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Paperback • ISBN: 9781632063021
Publication date: Aug 25, 2020

A Planet for Rent

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by Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

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”

—NPR, Best Books of 2015

Paperback • ISBN:9781632060365
Publication date: Jun 23, 2015

Super Extra Grande

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By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

Kirkus ReviewsBest Fiction of 20162017 Philip K. Dick Award FinalistBest Translated Book Award LonglistBarnes and Noble Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016

“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.”

—The Washington Post

Paperback •ISBN: 9781632060563
Publication date: Jun 7, 2016

Condomnauts

$16.99

By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

“Yoss (Super Extra Grande) 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…. 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

Paperback • ISBN:9781632061867
Publication date: Jul 17, 2018

Red Dust

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By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

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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.

Paperback • ISBN:9781632062468
Publication date: Jul 7, 2020

The Journey

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By Miguel Collazo

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Introduction by Yoss

Cuban Science Fiction

eBook • ISBN: 9781632060204
Publication date: Jul 7, 2020

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El Viaje (Spanish)

de Miguel Collazo

introducción por Yoss

Cuban Science Fiction

eBook • ISBN:9781632060402
Publication date: July 7, 2020

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Se alquila un planeta

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de Yoss

Cuban Science Fiction

«José Miguel Sánchez es el autor cubano de ciencia ficción más premiado, el que más prestigio tiene en el mainstream sin dejar de cultivar este género y el único que vive de su pluma entre los residentes en la Isla».

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eBook • ISBN: 9781632060297
Fecha de publicación: 30 Sep 2014

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An Unsung Masterpiece of Latin American Science Fiction: Yoss Introduces "The Journey" by Miguel Collazo

In the 1960s, Miguel Collazo was one of a handful of dreamers who set out to write mind-expanding science fiction within the geographic and ideological confines of post-Revolution Cuba. Like most of his Golden Age cohort, he was forced to abandon the genre, but The Journey stands as an unsung masterpiece. A profoundly philosophical novel, it has captured the imagination of Cuban sci-fi icon Yoss for nearly forty years. Here, we present his introduction to The Journey by Miguel Collazo, translated by David Frye, out now in English and Spanish.

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