Espora
The Newszine of Spanish Science Fiction and Fantasy
Espora #7
January 2003 - December 2003
A publication from the Spanish Association for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (AEFCFT).
Publisher: AEFCFT
Editor: Ángel Carralero
Staff: José Luis Mora, Luis G. Prado, Rafael Marín, Javier Romero, Mariano Villarreal, Ángel Carralero.
INDEX
Conventions, Awards and Exhibitions
CONVENTIONS, AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
The 21st Spanish Convention of Fantasy and Science Fiction, HispaCon, was held at Getafe (Madrid) from the 17th October to the 19th October 2003 with M. John Harrison, Javier Negrete and Angel Torres Quesada as Guests of Honour. The HispaCon had important lecturers as Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Juan Miguel Aguilera, Rafael Marín, César Mallorquí, Rodolfo Martínez, Lorenzo Silva, José Carlos Somoza, Ángel García Galiano, Sue Burke and Lawrence Schimel. Domingo Santos and Pascual Enguídanos (George H. White) received two Gabriel Awards during the official dinner for their careers (as Enguídanos wasn’t in Getafe, Agustín Jaureguízar took him the trophy to Lliria (Valencia)). The 5th AznarCon was held at the HispaCon too with Alfonso Seijas, José Carlos Canalda, Pedro A. García Bilbao, Agustín Jaureguízar and Domingo Santos as main assistants.
The Ignotus awards in their different categories went to the following works:
Best Spanish novel: Cinco días antes - Carlos F. Castrosín - Juan José Aroz
Best Spanish novella: El mito de Er (Premios UPC 2001) - Javier Negrete - Ediciones B
Best Spanish story: Origami - Santiago Eximeno - Gigamesh 33
Best anthology: El último deseo - Andrzej Sapkowski - Bibliópolis
Best foreign novel: Juego de tronos - George R.R. Martin – Gigamesh
Best foreign story: Los músicos - Andrzej Sapkowski - Gigamesh 33
Best article: Truenos entre las estrellas - Cristóbal Pérez-Castejón - Bibliópolis: Crítica en la red
Best essay (book): La ciencia ficción española - VV.AA. - Robel
Best Spanish magazine: Gigamesh (Alejo Cuervo ed.)
Best Spanish illustration: Cover from Muerte de la luz - Juan Miguel Aguilera - Gigamesh
Best Audio-visual work: Darkness - Jaume Balagueró – Film
Best Comic: Los 4 fantásticos (Fantastic Four) - Rafael Marín/Jesús Merino/Carlos Pacheco – Planeta (Marvel)
Best website: Términus Trántor
And these were the Special Awards:
Special Gabriel award: Pascual Enguídanos
Special Gabriel award: Domingo Santos
Domingo Santos Award: La niña muerta - José Antonio Cotrina
Melocotón de Plata for the Best novel: Vigésima Tierra - Daniel Mares
Melocotón de Plata for the Best story: Instrucciones para cambiar el mundo - Felix J. Palma
Melocotón de Plata for the Best author: Daniel Mares
The next HispaCon will take place in Cádiz.
Some photos from the event:
http://idd02svd.eresmas.net/fotos_getafe.htm
Asturcon 2003 had Andrezj Sapkowski, TimPowers, Richard Calder, Josep Mª Beá, Elia Barceló, Javier Negrete, Julián Díez, Rodolfo Martínez and Rafael Marín as special guests. It was held at the XVI Semana Negra (Gijón) between the 4th July and the 7th July. The Semana Negra, from the 4th July to the 13th July, had the presence of Jordi Bernet, Carlos Giménez, Charles Burns, Valerio Manfredi, Lorenzo Silva, José Carlos Somoza and many others.
http://www.drimar.com/asturcon
http://www.semananegra.org
The 1950s books Luchadores del Espacio (Editorial Valenciana) were homaged in the Valencia University last May. José Carlos Canalda, Pedro A. García Bilbao, Agustín Jaureguízar and some of these mythical books writers and artists (Ramón Brotons (Walter Carrigan), José Caballer (Larry Winters), Pascual Enguídanos (George H. White), Arturo Rojas (Red Arthur) and José Luis Macías (creator of many covers for the books)) participated in the event.
The 6th Espatrek (Spanish Star Trek Convention) was held at the University of Alicante between the19th and the 21st September 2003. The FAES (Spanish Star Trek Clubs Association) will have very soon a new member, the Valencia Star Trek Club.
Some photos from the event:
http://www.espatrek.com/pagina/efotos2003.htm
The 9th EstelCon (convention of the Spanish Tolkien Society, STE) was held at Granada between the 2nd and the 5th October 2003. The next EstelCon will take place in Elche (Alicante).
http://www.sociedadtolkien.org
http://estelcon2004.linfoma.net
Josep Maria Beà Font (Historias de taberna galáctica) won the Gran premio of the 22nd International Barcelona Comic Convention, Salón del Cómic de Barcelona, the other awards went to:
Best foreign Comic published in Spain during 2002: David Boring by Daniel Clowes
Best newcomer: Víctor Santos (Los Reyes elfos)
Best script: Atravesado por la flecha by Luis Durán
Best comic: 4 botas by Keko
Best magazine: U
Best fanzine: El naufraguito
On the other hand Expocómic 2003 (Madrid International Barcelona Comic Convention) had this awards:
Best Spanish Comic: El Diario Sentimental de Julián Pi
Best foreign comic: El Señor Jean 2
Best newcomer: Fermín Solís (Atravesado por la flecha)
Best Spanish artist: Carlos Giménez
Best Fanzine: Tos
Special Oso award la labor for his comic career: Víctor de la Fuente
Madroño award: Salón del Cómic de la Coruña / Carlos Portela
José Luis Macías (creator of a lot of covers for the Luchadores del Espacio books) and Jesús Huguet (from the 7 Monos group) had two interesting exhibitions of their works in Mislata (Public Library) and Valencia (Sala Micalet). The title of Macías exhibition was Del libro al cómic and the Huguet’s one was titled Obra Gráfica.
Rafael Marín and Galaxia (the Spanish magazine directed by León Arsenal) were awarded as Best Translator and Best Magazine at the EuroCon 2003. This is one of the most important fantasy and science fiction events in Europe and this time was held in Turku (Finland).
http://crisei.blogalia.com
http://www.revistagalaxia.com
The winner of the XIIth edition of the Fantastic Literature Awards Pablo Rido was Nuria Calderón García-Botey for her work Dancing with an Angel.
Traficants de Llegendes, by Jordi Font-Agustí (Barcelona), won the UPC Science Fiction Award 2003. The special mention was ex aequo for Sueños de Interfaz, by Vladimir Hernández Pacín (Barcelona) and Polvo Rojo, by José Miguel Sánchez (Cuba). The jury also mentioned Factoría Cinco, by José Antonio Bermúdez Santos (Sevilla), Without Love, by David Snowdon (UK), Carne, by Daniel Mares Martín (Madrid) and The Epsilon Eridani Alternative, by Elizabeth H. Groundwater (USA). The UPC mention was ex aequo for Vlad Harkov Y La Puerta Negra, by Manuel González González (Barcelona) and El Mago De Gondlaar, by Ángel Luis Miranda Barreras (Barcelona). The guest of honor was Orson Scott Card.
Link (in English):
http://www.upc.es/sciencefiction
La mirada de las furias y El mito de Er (both by Javier Negrete) have been published in France by L'Atalante, meanwhile Lágrimas de Luz (by Rafael Marín) has been published in Poland.
El último deseo del jíbaro y otras fantasmagorías (Gran Diógenes/Valdemar) is the name of the new anthology by Vicente Muñoz Puelles.
http://www.valdemar.com
Asimov Magazine is being published once more in Spanish. Domingo Santos is the director and Ediciones Robel the new publisher.
http://www.edicionesrobel.es
Mundos en la eternidad, from Javier Redal and Juan Miguel Aguilera has been published in France. Aguilera’s new novel Rihla has had a French edition before the Spanish one.
http://webs.ono.com/usr099/JUANMIGUEL
Las fuentes perdidas (La Factoría de Ideas) and the anthology Mala racha (AJEC) are the new books by José Antonio Cotrina in 2003. Moreover AJEC has published Mentes de hielo y noche by Eduardo Vaquerizo, Una luz en la noche by Daniel Mares and another anthology titled Cuentos fantásticos de la España profunda.
Ediciones Minotauro published Antología de la ciencia ficción española 1982-2002 with stories by Rafael Marín, Elia Barceló, César Mallorquí, León Arsenal, Juan Miguel Aguilera, Joan Carles Planells, Rodolfo
Martínez, Armando Boix, Daniel Mares, Ramón Muñoz, Eduardo Vaquerizo and José Antonio Cotrina selected by Julián Díez.
http://www.edicionesminotauro.com
Some new books (2003):
Title: La perra de Alejandría
Author: Pilar Pedraza
Publisher: Valdemar (Gran Diógenes number 1)
Title: Los héroes de Kalanúm
Author: Javier Negrete
Publisher: Ediciones SM (El barco de vapor. Roja number 150).
Title: La espada de fuego
Author: Javier Negrete
Publisher: Minotauro (Kronos)
Title: El heredero
Author: José María Merino Sánchez
Publisher: Ediciones Alfaguara, S.A (Alfaguara literaturas)
Title: La noche roja
Author: León Arsenal
Publisher: Río Henares Producciones Graficas S.L. (Gotas)
Título: Ichar. Las crónicas de Ichar I
Author: Agenjo Toledo, Francisco
Publisher: Proyectos Editoriales Crom, S.L.
Title: El llanto de la comadreja : si estás en el tablero, ya eres hombre muerto
Author: Eva Navarro Roda
Publisher: Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A.
Title: La dama número trece
Author: José Carlos Somoza Ortega
Publisher: Mondadori (Areté)
Title: El país del pasado
Author: Gabriel Bermúdez Castillo
Publisher: Ediciones B (Nova)
The writer Joan Perucho died on the 28th October 2003. Perucho was one of the first Spanish fantasy authors and one of the most prestigious. He was awarded the Gabriel Award 2002 for his life's work and some weeks later the Ministry of Culture granted him the prestigious award Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas 2002 (National
Spanish Literature Award 2002). If you are interested in his life take a look at Espora #5/6.
The annual Assembly of the AEFCF was held on the 19th October 2003, at Getafe (Madrid). Pablo Herranz will be the new President from 2004. Among others, decisions were taken to finish AEFCF’s life, starting the AEFCFT´s one from the 1st January 2004. The AEFCFT has made some changes to upgrade the association´s web site and has a new internet address. For those who can read Spanish, the site is at:
The short film Déjàvu, from Jesús García was the best one in the 7th Hollywood Film Festival and will compete in the Oscar 2004 automatically. Déjàvu is the fantastic story of two women, one from tre XIX century and the other from the XXI (Ruth Núñez and Nadia Casado) who are prisoners in the same house.
Luis G. Prado, publisher and agent of Víctor Conde, José Antonio Cotrina, Rafel Marín, Rodolfo Martínez, Ángel Torres Quesada and Eduardo Vaquerizo, has created an English language website to promote these writers books. The site is at:
http://www.bibliopolis.org/agency.htm
The editors of the longest running fanzine of the 1990s, BEM announced their new sf, fantasy and horror portal with news, forums and information in:
http://ff.dreamers.com
http://www.stardustcf.com
http://www.bemonline.com
http://www.ciencia-ficcion.com
http://www.cyberdark.net
http://www.bibliopolis.org
http://www.archivodenessus.com
http://www.ttrantor.org
http://www.axxon.com.ar
http://www.sociedadtolkien.org
http://butaca.dreamers.com
http://www.mundostartrek.com
http://www.estrellanegra.org
http://aroz.izar.net
http://www.silente.net
http://hiperespacio.dreamers.com
http://www.dreamers.com/menhir
http://www.cienciaficcion.org
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7461
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