The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction

CHRONOLOGY: LATIN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION THROUGH 1920

225 CHRONOLOGY LATIN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION THROUGH 1920 The following chronology covers the science fiction published between the years 1775 through c. 1920 in all Latin American countries. If a country is not represented, I do not know of works of proto- or early science fiction published there. As discussed in the introduction, I have chosen to err on the side of inclusivity in establishing selection criteria. This chronology is intended for use in conjunction with the bibliography of primary texts, which provides more complete reference information. Multiple bibliographical entries are provided for texts that can be more difficult to locate due to age, rarity, or length (i.e., shorter works published in periodicals and anthologies). Whenever possible, bibliographical information has been taken directly from the first or best recent edition of the text itself. Other sources are listed below. I would welcome notice of pertinent additions or corrections. The point of departure for this chronology is the excellent “Chronology of Latin American Science Fiction, 1775–2005” by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Andrea Bell, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Delgado, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Luis Pestarini , and Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo published in Science Fiction Studies (No. 103, Vol. 34.3, November 2007). I am not only indebted to this and other publications by these six scholars, but to the generous aid of many of them, in particular Andrea Bell (Chilean sf), Miguel Ángel Fernández-Delgado (Mexican sf), M. Elizabeth Ginway (Brazilian sf), and Luis Pestarini (Argentine sf). Personal communication with the following scholars also has been invaluable: Roberto de Sousa Causo, Josefina Ludmer, Iván Molina Jiménez, Braulio Tavares ,andOmarVega.Additionalwrittensourcesinclude:Abraham’s“Lasutopías argentinas en el período 1850–1950,” Cano’s Intermitente recurrencia, Causo’s Ficção científica, fantasia e horror no Brasil 1875–1950, the digital database Memoria Chilena of the National Library of Chile,1 Larson’s Fantasy and Imagination in the Mexican Narrative, Ludmer’s The Corpus Delicti, Molina Jiménez’s “La polémica de El problema (1899), de Máximo Soto Hall,” Tavares’s Fantastic, Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature Catalog, Trujillo Muñoz’s Biografías del futuro and El futuro en llamas. For my own part, archival work, WorldCat, and web searches have contributed additional titles and data. C H R O N O L O G Y 226 argentina 1816 Valdés, Antonio José (originally anon.). “Delirio” 1850 Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino. Argirópolis 1865 Gorriti, Juana Manuela. “Quien escucha, su mal oye: Confidencia de una confidencia” 1875 Holmberg, Eduardo Ladislao. Dos partidos en lucha: Fantasía científica ———. Viaje maravilloso del señor Nic-Nac 1876 Alcántara, J.M. de. “Buenos Aires en el año 4000” Gorriti, Juana Manuela. “Yerbas y alfileres” 1877 Cané, Miguel. “Las armonías de la luz” 1879 Holmberg, Eduardo Ladislao. “Horacio Kalibang o Los autómatas” Sioen, Achilles. Buenos Aires en el año 2080: Historia verosímil 1880 Olivera, Carlos. “El hombre de la levita gris” 1881 Monsalve, Carlos. “De un mundo á otro” ———. “Historia de un paraguas” Waleis, Raúl. (pseud. of Luis V. Varela). El doctor Whuntz: Fantasía 1883 Olivera, Carlos. “Los muertos a hora fija (Revelaciones de un médico)” ———. “Fantasmas” 1884 Holmberg, Eduardo Ladislao (orig. publ. under the pseud. Ladislao Kaillitz). “Filigranas de cera” Monsalve, Carlos. “El hombre de piedra” 1891 Ezcurra, Eduardo de. Buenos Aires en el siglo xxx 1893 Popper, Julio. Atlanta: Proyecto para la fundación de un pueblo marítimo en Tierra del Fuego 1901 Cione, Otto Miguel. “La atrevida operación del doctor Orts” 1904 Vera y González, Enrique. La estrella del sur (a través del porvenir) 1906 Lugones, Leopoldo. Las fuerzas extrañas (anth.; significant rev. 1926) 1907 Bunge, Carlos Octavio. Thespis (novelas cortas y cuentos) Chiappori, Atilio. Borderland (anth.) Lynch, Benito. 1932 1908 Dittrich, Julio O. Buenos Aires en el 1950: Bajo el regimen socialista 1909 Quiroule, Pierre (pseud. of Joaquín Alejo Falconnet). Sobre la ruta de la anarquía. (Novela libertaria) 1910 [Anon]. “La ciudad del porvenir” C H R O N O L O G Y 227 1914 Quiroule, Pierre (pseud. of Joaquín Alejo Falconnet). La ciudad anarquista americana; obra de construccion revolucionaria con el plano de la ciudad libertaria Soiza Reilly, Juan José de. La ciudad de los locos 1915 Holmberg, Eduardo Ladislao. Olimpio Pitango de Monalia 1917 Rojas, Ricardo. La psiquina 1918...