Tag: spanish science fiction
‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
New release: “Cat’s Whirld” (Sonrisa del gato) by Rodolfo Martínez – Ricardo Manzanaro (Spain)
This year sees the 20th anniversary of the publication of Rodolfo Martínez's debut novel "La sonrisa del gato" (Cat's Whirld), which was also the first...
The 2015 Minotauro Award Winner – Ricardo Manzanaro (Spain)
Elio Quiroga won the 2015 Minotauro Award for “Los que sueñan” (Dreamers), a science-fiction novel, that will be on sale in Spain from October...
The 2015 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award to A Spanish Science Fiction Essay
The Jamie Bishop Memorial Award is a prize for a critical essay on the fantastic written in a language other than English granted by...
“Castles in Spain” Bilingual Anthology Crowdfunding Campaign – Mariano Villareal and Sue Burke
"Castles in Spain/Castillos en el aire" is planned to be an anthology of the stories that set the pace for science fiction, fantasy, and horror...
Spanish Science Fiction Discussed in a Famed Cultural Radio Program – Ricardo Manzanaro (Spain)
RNE's (Radio Nacional de España/Spanish National Radio) famed cultural radio program “El ojo crítico” (The Critical Eye) of Juan Carlos Morales, devoted much of...
The Spanish Editor Francisco Porrúa (Minotauro, Editorial Sudamericana), Dies
Francisco Porrúa, 92, editor-founder of the Minotauro science fiction press, one of the major SF collections and labels in Spanish language, with flagship titles like...
The Fifth TerBi Award of Fantastika Literary Contest of Short-Stories Themed, “Aged World ” (Spain)
The Spanish association TerBi (Tertulia Literaria Fantástica de Bilbao/The Great Literary Gathering from Bilbao) is announcing it's fifth contest for fantastika (science fiction, fantasy...
Hispacon 2014 (Spanish National SF Convention) : Sunday, December 6 to Monday, December 8 2014, Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona (Spain)
MIRcon, the 32nd Hispacon (Festival of the Fantastic Literature, SF and Horror) : From Sunday, December 6 to Monday, December 8 2014, Montcada i Reixac,...
Sitges – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya : October 3rd – 12th, 2014, Sitges, Spain
Sitges - Catalonia's official International Cinema Festival is a primary film statement and an excelent showcase for diverce tendencies in cinema, with a special...
Ciencia Ficción : Spanish SF News by Ricardo Manzanaro (Spain)
2014 Ignotus Award NomineesAfter first ballot votes, 2014 Ignotus nominees – the Spanish Hugos – have been announced.Spanish Novel finalists are:“Esta noche arderá el...
2016 Eurocon in Barcelona (4th – 6th of November)
Barcelona won the bid to host the 2016 Eurocon which will be held November 4th-6th, 2016 together with BCon (for Barcelona Con), the 2016...
Celsius 232 Summer Festival of Fantastic Literature in Avilés (Asturias), Spain (Third edition) : 30th of July – 2nd of August 2014
Avilés celebrated the third edition of the Festival of Fantastic Literature called Celsius 232 ( 30th of July – 2nd of August 2014) with a...