The Year 200

525 Pages·2016·1.93 MB·English

by  Agustín de Rojas

P R A I S E F O R A L E G E N D O F T H E F U T U R E
B Y A G U S T Í N D E R O J A S
“Finally, we have the chance to read a landmark work from one of Cuba’s
greatest science fiction writers…. If you like intensely psychological sci-fi that
deftly piles on the suspense, this novel’s for you.… Agustín de Rojas authored a
trilogy that pushes the boundaries of our imaginations.… You’ll want to prepare
yourself for Legend. It’s been compared to Clarke’s 2001, and like that
remarkable text, de Rojas’s will blow your mind in a good way.… The
boundaries between dream and reality, and then between human and machine,
almost melt away as the story progresses. And it is de Rojas’s skillful
manipulation of those boundaries that makes Legend so addictive.”
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“This is the first English translation of a novel by de Rojas (1949-2011),
considered the father of Cuban science fiction. Influenced by Ray Bradbury and
Isaac Asimov, A Legend of the Future tells the tale of a space mission to Titan, a
moon of Saturn, during a potentially apocalyptic war between superpowers back
on Earth. Along the way, the spaceship's crew is drawn into an experiment of
reconditioning that may remind some readers of the ideological indoctrination
reinforced to this day in Castro's Cuba.”
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C H I C A G O T R I B U N E

This book is dedicated to those who choose fear.
“That was the way with Man; it had always been that way. He
had carried terror with him. And the thing he was afraid of had
always been himself.”
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C D S I M A K
“From the materialist point of view, everything is very simple:
man, and only man, is the constructor and creator of other men.
In every sense.”
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S D O L E T S K I

T H O U G H T S O N T H E R O A D
“The road is split before us, and we must choose.”
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T M A U L N I E R

V I O L E N C E A N D C O N S C I E N C E
C O N T E N T S
I When Hydra Awakes
II Ferhad’s Adventure
III Risky Decisions
IV In the Realm of Emotions
V An Intruder in Tranquil Grove
VI A Play of Images
VII The New Frontier
VIII In the Hermitage
IX The Triumvirate
X An Unexpected World
XI Dealing in Souls
XII Alice’s Eyes
XIII Work for Monsters
XIV The Need for Doubt
XV An Exhaustive Revision
XVI Alice’s Choice
XVII The Spy Is Discovered