Science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

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began in the late 19th century with the publication of the books ''El espejo del mundo'' (Mirror of the World) in 1875 by the Englishman Benjamin Tallman, about the modernization of Valparaíso and Santiago, and in 1877 of ''Desde Jupiter'' (From Jupiter) by Francisco Miralles, which recounted a trip to the planet and back. Later, 20th century authors contributing to this literary subgenre included Pedro Sienna,

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, Juan Emar, Enrique Araya, Armando Menedín, and

Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American ...

. However, it was in the decade of 1950, with the publication of ''Los altísimos'' (The Highest) by Hugo Correa, that Chilean science fiction really emerged; he was translated into more than ten languages and his works were printed in the famous Magazine of Fantasy and Science fiction, being prized by Ray Bradbury. Today, important authors include: * Jorge Baradit, author of ''Synco'', ''Ygdrasil'' and ''Lluscuma'', currently working on retelling Chile's History from a new perspective. * Francisco Ortega, author of the best-selling novel ''Logia'' (Lodge), and the recently published ''Historia Monstruosa de Chile'' (Monstrous History of Chile). *

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, author of dystopian novels, including ''Amor de clones'' (Clones love), which won the Best New Novel Award of 2016 by the Chilean National Council for Culture and the Arts. *

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, author of ''Flores para un Cyborg'' (Flowers for a Cyborg); founding member of the literature promoting corporation ''Letras de Chile''. * Sascha Hannig, journalist and international political analyst, author of ''Allasneda'' series of steampunk novels. *

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, author of the ''Orbe'' Saga, ''Los sueños de GN-I'' (The Dreams of GN-I), and most recently ''Front 243''. *

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, author of ''Más espacio del que soñamos'' (More Space Than We Dream), and ''Adiós, Loxonauta'' (Goodbye, Loxonaut).

Cinema

The short film ''Renacimiento'' by

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, set in the universe of '' Star Wars'', received the Audience Choice Award Lucasfilm SWFMC 2010. Nowadays, film director Jorge Zavala Berríos has started working with science fiction writers to produce book trailers.

References

External links

* http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/index.asp?id_ut=literaturadecienciaficcionenchile (Spanish) * https://web.archive.org/web/20090223194046/http://chilepuede.cl/ (Spanish) {{Authority control Chilean speculative fiction Science and technology in Chile