Lo que se llevó el Ciclón del 16 en la Cuba ciberpunk Underguater de Erick J. Mota

• Main Author: Juan C Toledano Redondo
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad EAFIT 2019-03-01
• Series: Co-herencia: Revista de Humanidades
• Subjects: science fiction; ciberpunk; dystopia; russia; soviet union; afro-descendant; cuba; novel
• Online Access: http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/5263/4381

Together, the novel Havana Underguater and theshort stories of the Underguater universe, published by Cuban author Erick J. Mota in the first decade of the 21st century, reflect a different way of writing science fiction in Cuba, and propose a re-appropriation and modernization of the—already transcultural—myths in the local and Caribbean societies, with special emphasis on those of African descent origin. Through a cyberpunk written with Latin i (but not limited to it), this Underguater universe reflects on the past, present and future dystopian possibilities on the Caribbean island, and joins the proposals of many other writers of the 21st century Caribbean fantastic.