When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories

Francisco García González, Bradley J. Nelson

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Miscellaneous
15 November 2021

Science fiction; Short stories; Dystopia; Science Fiction

A manufactured and pre-programmed serial killer; a suicidal robot; a romantic necrophiliac; and an archaeologist who feeds the perverse desires of aficionados of the apocalypse-Francisco García González's stories map out literary and metafictional approaches to the sci-fi universe in ways that echo the humor and violence of Miguel de Cervantes, María de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto BolaÑo.

With a scholarly introduction by translator Bradley J. Nelson that introduces García González's oeuvre to contemporary readers and scholars of Spanish-language literature, this science fiction collection introduces Anglophones to this unique author.

García González turns a black mirror on contemporary society and its relation both to history and to the future. His insightfulness and relevance draw comparisons with Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson, and China Miéville, though his verbal economy and elegance are more akin to Cormac McCarthy, producing both disturbingly uncanny violence and unexpected comedy.

By: Francisco García González
Introduction by: Bradley J. Nelson
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9780826502223
ISBN 10: 0826502229
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 15 November 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Francisco Garcia Gonzalez is a writer, editor, and screenwriter. He was born in Havana in 1963. He won Cuba's Hemingway Short Story Prize in 1999. Bradley J. Nelson is a professor of Spanish at Concordia University.

Reviews for When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories

Francisco Garcia Gonzalez is the tenant of his words but the owner of his silences. That seems easy, but it is very hard. --Lattin Magazine In a world of writers and readers addicted to fireworks, Francisco Garcia Gonzalez shows, once again, that it is possible to illuminate skies without explosions. --Hispanophone