Fantasmas Computarizados

Capriles et al. (1988). Fantasmas Computarizados (Computerized Ghosts). (First edition). Caracas, Venezuela: Ediciones Bexellier, 1988.

Reviewed in Rowan Lozada-Aguilera's "To Bottom Out: An Incomplete Guide to the New Venezuelan Science Fiction," SFRA Review #312 (Spring 2015): pp. 14-20.[1]

Fantasmas computarizados (Computarized Ghosts) [...] is another compilation of short stories, which pieces are mostly fantasy horror related to computers. Nevertheless, there are also a couple of actual science fiction stories: 2084, by Juan Nuño; and Las tribulaciones de Bajin Sija (Bajin Sija’s Tribulations). The first one is some sort of spiritual sequel to the famous novel 1984 by George Orwell, this time in the context of a future Venezuelan dystopia that heavily resembles 1984’s Airstrip One (Capriles et al, 1988). The second one is a story set in a fictional Caribbean country ruled by a military government, which uses an advanced artificial intelligence system to try to find the most qualified individual to preside over the nation in the near future, but the AI ends fooling everybody and ultimately taking the power itself. (Lozada-Aguilera, p. 16)

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