Latin American fantasy?
Glenn Gray
on native South
American mythology? That is, other than the magical realism of GGM,
etc., and Joan
Aiken's "Stolen Lake."
Glenn Gray
Richard Shewmaker
Christopher Evans' "Aztec Century" might qualify. It's not really SF or
fantasy, specifically -- sort of alternate history + parallel universe.
Mercedes Lackey's "Burning Water" has an Aztec god run amok in it
(detective, light horror).
Laurell K. Hamilton's "Obsidian Butterfly" has some Aztec à la vampire
(vampire, light horror, detective).
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Mike Resnick edited an anthology, FUTURE EARTHS: UNDER SOUTH AMERICAN
SKIES. Lucius Shepard seems to set stories in Central America. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's LOST WORLD is set in South America, for that
matter. Harry Turtledove's THE CASE OF THE TOXIC SPELL DUMP uses
native Latin American mythology. Suzanne Alles Blom's INCA is a recent
South American alternate history. Someone else mentioned Christopher
Evans's AZTEC CENTURY, and I'm sure there are quite a few other
alternate histories set in Latin America.
Nalo Hopkinson just edited an anthology, WHISPERS FROM THE COTTON TREE
ROOT: CARIBBEAN FABULIST FANTASY. Unfortunately, it seems as though
any Latin American fantasy will be labeled magical realism, so it's
difficult to separate them. For a really long discussion of what is
magical realism, and a list of books, some of which you might better
classify as just Latin American fantasy, see
http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper/magreal.htm
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Richard Shewmaker wrote in message
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>Glenn Gray wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any fantasy with a Latin American setting or based
>> on native South
>> American mythology? That is, other than the magical realism of GGM,
>> etc., and Joan
>> Aiken's "Stolen Lake."
"On My Way to Paradise" is SF with Latin American characters and
part of the story is based there.
I forget the author unfortunately...
DL
Jesper Svedberg
_The Chalchiuhite Dragon_ by Kenneth Morris (based on the mythology of a
Central American culture), and also, it is said, _The Book of the New
Sun_ by Gene Wolfe (set in South America, allegedly).
// Jesper Svedberg
Scott Beeler
One I stumbled on a while back is George Szanto's _The Underside of
Stones_, a series of linked stories of the inhabitants of a small
rural Mexican town. Varying amounts of magic realist content, with
some definite GGM influence. I really like it -- subtle, pastoral,
nice prose and characterization, some very moving moments.
I came across it after reading "The Sweeper", the first of the linked
stories, in one of the Datlow/Windling _Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror_ (from 1991, I think).
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Shane Stezelberger
>Glenn Gray wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any fantasy with a Latin American setting or based
>> on native South
>> American mythology? That is, other than the magical realism of GGM,
>> etc., and Joan
>> Aiken's "Stolen Lake."
I contribute the following:
DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART, Lewis Shiner (a novel
about sex, drugs, the 1986 Mexico City earthquake, and possibly
time travel. It's not about sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. For rock
'n roll, you need Shiner's GLIMPSES :-) )
Also, several old Ray Bradbury stories whose true names I am too lazy
to look up. One involved a couple fleeing a dytopian future in a
United Fruit Company Mexico, the other a couple facing up to new rules
in postapocalyptic Central America.
Shane Stezelberger
sstezel at erols dot kom
Laurel, MD
P.S. This latter Bradbury story described the couple as worldly,
suave, always the most sophisticated people in any room, and always
capable of concocting that most difficult of cocktails, the "Sahara."
If I ever meet Mr. Bradbury I must ask him if there is such a thing.
In the years since I read this story, I have combed the world, delved
deep into dusty archives and huge tomes of mixed-drink lore, and
interviewed master bartenders. Not a trace. Nobody else has heard of
a drink called a "Sahara."
AKICIF: Is there such a thing? :-) :-)
Jonathan W. Hendry
"Shane Stezelberger" <sst...@erols.com> wrote in message
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>
> >Glenn Gray wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of any fantasy with a Latin American setting or based
> >> on native South
> >> American mythology? That is, other than the magical realism of GGM,
> >> etc., and Joan
> >> Aiken's "Stolen Lake."
>
> I contribute the following:
>
> DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART, Lewis Shiner (a novel
> about sex, drugs, the 1986 Mexico City earthquake, and possibly
> time travel. It's not about sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll.
Odd, given that it's named after a song by Cream.
Randy Money
Pat Murphy's _The Fallen Woman_, as I recall.
As someone else mentioned, Lucius Shepard has set several short stories
in Latin America.
See if you can find _Ends of the Earth_ or _The Jaguar Hunter_. I'm
pretty sure the latter had a paperback edition. Both came from Arkham
House originally. (Don't know if his latest collection had any Latin
American stories or not.)
Randy Money
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John Andrew Fairhurst
ele...@jaguar.stc.lucent.com says...
> I'm sure there are quite a few other
> alternate histories set in Latin America.
>
Andre Norton's _Crosstime Agent_ is mostly set in an AH where the Incas
and Aztec empires more-or-less merge and contend with a British dominated
North America
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