β Scribed by Yoss;David Frye (transl)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Description
One of the most successful, decorated, and controversial science fiction writers in Cuba, Yoss (a.k.a. JosΓ© Miguel SΓ‘nchez GΓ³mez) is known as much for his unrepentant rocker aesthetic as for his acerbic portraits of the island under Communism.
In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss critiques '90s Cuba by drawing parallels with a possible Earth of the not-so-distant future. Wracked by economic and environmental problems, the desperate planet is rescued, for better or worse, by alien colonizers, who remake the planet as a tourist destination. Ruled over by a brutal interstellar bureaucracy, dispossessed humans seek better lives via the few routes available -- working for the colonial police; eking out a living as black marketeers, drug dealers, or artists; prostituting themselves to exploitative extraterrestrial visitors -- or they face the cold void of space in rickety illegal ships.
This inventive and raucous book marks the...
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In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss critiques β90s Cuba by drawing parallels with a possible Earth of the the not-so-distant future. Wracked by economic and environmental problems, the desperate planet is rescued, for better or worse, by alien invaders, who remake the planet as a tourist dest
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