SCIENCE FICTION BEYOND THE ANGLOPHONE TERRITORY: THE CATALAN CASE

This weekend I have been participating in the IV CatCon or Catalan convention on science fiction and fantasy, celebrated like the first three in the lovely seaside town of Vilanova i la Geltrú, about 50 kms south of Barcelona. CatCon gathers together fans and writers and is also the event during which the Ictineu prize […]

GILIPOLLAS, VILLANOS, Y LA ACTUAL GUERRA EN UCRANIA

Uno de los expertos entrevistados en el volumen colectivo editado por el psicólogo Jean-François Marmion, The Psychology of Stupidity (2020; originalmente Psychologie de la Connerie, 2018), al que dediqué mi entrada del 4 de marzo, era el filósofo moral Aaron James. Después de haber leído su espléndida monografía Assholes: A Theory (2012), me gustaría usar […]

ASSHOLES, VILLAINS, AND THE CURRENT WAR IN UKRAINE

One of experts interviewed in the collective volume edited by psychologist Jean-François Marmion, The Psychology of Stupidity (2020; originally Psychologie de la Connerie, 2018; trans. Liesl Schillinger), to which I devoted my post of 4 March, was moral philosopher Aaron James. Having now read his splendid monograph Assholes: A Theory (2012), I would like to […]

LEER MEMORIAS: EDITAR LA VIDA

Actualmente estoy leyendo las memorias del pianista británico James Rhodes, Instrumental (2014), que causaron un gran revuelo en el momento de su publicación por su descripción tan directa del horrible abuso sexual (y de sus consecuencias) al que fue sometido Rhodes entre las edades de 6 y 10 años. Este es el decimosexto libro de […]

READING MEMOIRS: EDITING LIFE

I am currently reading the memoirs by British pianist James Rhodes, Instrumental (2014), which caused quite a stir at the time of publication for his straightforward description of the horrifying sexual abuse to which he was subjected between the ages of 6 and 10 (and its aftermath). This is the sixteenth book of memoirs I […]