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Korad 14, Correspondiente Al Trimestre Julio-Agosto-Septiembre Del 2013 1 EDITORIAL Les presentamos Korad 14, correspondiente al trimestre julio-agosto-septiembre del 2013. Korad es la revista que persigue aglutinar la narrativa fantástica cubana en su sentido más amplio, incluyendo la ciencia ficción, la fantasía heroica, el terror fantástico y la poesía especulativa, entre otros. Pero Korad también divulga ensayos, crónicas, críticas y reseñas. Nuestra sección Plástika Fantástika cuenta con artista plástica e ilustradora cubana Hanna Chomenko, que accedió gentilmente a colaborar con nuestra revista. También aparecen en este número, de la mano de Sheila Padrón, la crónica de lo que aconteció en el Evento Behíque 2013, celebrado en La Habana los días 2 y 3 de agosto. En la parte teórica les ofrecemos el ensayo sobre la manga como producto cultural global del francés Jean-Marie Bouissou, traducido por Reinaldo Acosta especialmente para Korad. En la parte narrativa contamos con los premios del concurso Mabuya 2013 y el resto de las menciones de nuestro concurso Oscar Hurtado 2013. La sección de humor ofrece el cuento Kassaye, de uno de los más importantes humoristas cubanos: Eduardo del Llano. Incluimos también un relato del autor español José Luis Carrasco. Por último, encontrarán las acostumbradas reseñas de libros y concursos. Esperamos que la disfruten. Si bien uno de los principales propósitos de Korad es divulgar la obra de los autores cubanos del género, nuestra revista está abierta a recibir colaboraciones de creadores de otros países. Las mismas nos las pueden hacer llegar a través de nuestra dirección de email donde serán atendidas por nuestro comité editorial. Consejo editorial Editor: Raúl Aguiar Co-Editores: Elaine Vilar Madruga, Jeffrey López y Carlos A. Duarte Corrección: Zullín Elejalde Macías y Victoria Isabel Pérez Plana y Sunay Rodríguez Andrade Colaboradores: Claudio del Castillo, Daína Chaviano, Rinaldo Acosta, Yoss Diseño y composición: Raúl Aguiar Sección Poesía: Elaine Vilar Madruga Ilustración de portada: Hanna Chomenko Ilustración de contraportada: Hanna Chomenko Ilustraciones de interior: Guillermo Vidal, Hanna Chomenko, Raúl Aguiar, Rolando Tallés Suárez Proyecto Editorial sin fines de lucro, patrocinado por el Taller de Fantasía y CF Espacio Abierto y el Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso. Los artículos y cuentos publicados en Korad expresan exclusivamente la opinión de los autores. Redacción y Administración: Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso. 5ta. ave, No. 2002, entre 20 y 22, Playa, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. CP 11300 Telef: 206 53 66 e-mail: [email protected] Korad está disponible ahora en el blog de la escritora cubana Daína Chaviano. Allí podrán descargar versiones de mayor calidad que las que enviamos por email. 2 2 Indice: Editorial/2 Crónica del Behique 2013. Sheila Padrón Morales / 4 Resultados del Concurso Mabuya 2013 / 7 Last. Dennis Mourdoch (cuento) / 9 En el pueblo hay un zombie. Luis Pacheco Granado (cuento) / 13 La madre. Nelson Pérez Espinosa (cuento) / 14 Los gumanuks lo tocan todo, cantan y se balancean. Claudio del Castillo Pérez (cuento) / 16 Trabajo nocturno. Alejandro Martín Rojas (cuento)/ 22 Sección Poesía Fantástica: Multiverso. Mariana Enriqueta Pérez / 29 Dualidad 1. Lilia Aurora Machado Coello / 30 ¿Por qué el manga ha devenido un producto cultural global? Jean-Marie Bouissou (ensayo) / 31 Sección Plástika Fantástika: Hanna Chomenko /40 Ascensión. José Luis Carrasco (cuento) / 42 Sección Humor: Kassaye. Eduardo del Llano (cuento) / 46 Sección Clásicos: La ciencia ficción pierde a uno de sus grandes / 49 El túnel debajo del mundo / Frederik Pohl (cuento) / 53 Reseñas: Sol Negro II de Michel Encinosa Fu / 70 Concursos y convocatorias: / Juventud Técnica 2013 / La Casa Tomada / La cueva del Lobo / 71 3 3 Crónica del BEHIQUE 2013 Gran Evento Cultural de Fantasía y Ciencia Ficción 6ta edición dedicado a la ciencia-ficción Post-apocalíptica. Por Sheila Padrón Morales Fotos Williams Suárez y Gonzalo Morán Llegó la 6ta edición del Evento BEHIQUE, un evento cultural cubano de frecuencia anual que persigue divulgar la literatura y el arte fantástico (fantasía y ciencia ficción) cubano e internacional. Organizado por el Proyecto Cultural DiALFa, con sede en el Centro Hispano- Americano de Cultura, este evento es muy esperado por los jóvenes que asisten mensualmente a las actividades realizadas por dicho proyecto en la Biblioteca Pública Rubén Martínez Villena. Dedicada esta edición a la ciencia-ficción post apocalíptica, BEHIQUE 2013 tuvo lugar los días 2 y 3 de agosto en el Centro Hispano-Americano. El programa incluyó variadas actividades, ya habituales en este espacio: conferencias, paneles, reconocimiento a personalidades, premiación del Concurso Mabuya en las categorías de cuento, historieta e ilustración, un encuentro de conocimientos, una exposición de artes plásticas y manualidades, y hasta un desfile de disfraces. El evento constituyó un espacio donde se reunieron lectores, escritores, y artistas amantes de la ciencia-ficción cubana. La primera jornada se inició el viernes en la tarde con las palabras de apertura: un agradecimiento al Centro Hispano-Americano por el auspicio y la sinopsis de las actividades propuestas, además de la inauguración de la exposición de artes plásticas y manualidades, con piezas de disímiles técnicas (cerámica fría, barro, madera, plastilina, muñequearía, bordados, papel maché, papercraft, tarro trabajado, etc) que recrean ambientes y personajes fantásticos, todas realizadas por jóvenes artistas. En la presentación se hizo un llamamiento para la votación por el premio de la popularidad del Concurso Mabuya. También acompañó la tarde la editorial Arte y Literatura con una muestra y venta de libros sobre el género fantástico. Una introducción a la ciencia ficción post apocalíptica fue ofrecida por esta servidora, quien abordó en su conferencia los temas: raíces de la idea del Apocalipsis, mitología y realidad; importancia de la ciencia ficción como crítica social, y de advertencia de los pasos que da la humanidad; los diferentes escenarios apocalípticos con sus ejemplos en la literatura y el cine. Seguidamente se abrió espacio a los invitados especiales de la tarde, al director Tomás Piard y parte del equipo de realización de la película cubana Los desastres de la guerra. Este filme simbólico, de corte futurista y post apocalíptico, inusual en las producciones cubanas, narra las vicisitudes de un grupo de sobrevivientes luego de una guerra nuclear. Piard comentó las motivaciones que lo llevaron a realizar la película «algo que pudiera acontecer de continuar el mundo transitando por las constantes guerras de despojo que hoy están ocurriendo en el planeta». El equipo presente, algunos actores y realizadores, comentaron de la puesta en escena y de sus experiencias en la realización. El evento cerró el viernes con la proyección de la película. La segunda jornada de BEHIQUE 2013 prosiguió al día siguiente, en la mañana del sábado 3 de agosto, con tres conferencias. La primera ofrecida por Jeffrey López Dueñas, escritor y coordinador del Taller Espacio Abierto, 4 4 Ucronías en la Ciencia Ficción: Historias alternativas a la realidad, donde se describió y ejemplificó este género literario de la ciencia ficción que especula acerca de realidades alternativas ficticias, o mundos paralelos, en los cuales los hechos históricos se han desarrollado de diferente forma a como los conocemos. Uno de los tópicos más esperados por los jóvenes amantes del anime fue la segunda ponencia titulada Apocalipsis Japonés: Anime y Manga Apocalíptico y Post Apocalíptico ofrecida Ernesto Rodríguez López, coordinador del Proyecto ANK, quien presentó, en una extensa e interesante conferencia, las diferentes películas y animados japoneses que tratan el género. No podía faltar la ciencia ficción cubana en este coloquio de la mañana por lo que el conocido y multipremiado escritor José Miguel Sánchez, más conocido por todos como Yoss, hizo una disertación sobre Los relatos post- apocalípticos en la ciencia ficción cubana, analizando los diferentes autores que han tocado la temática como: Miguel Collazo con El Viaje, Ángel Arango con El arco iris del mono, Agustín De Rojas Anido con Espiral, F.Mond con Holocausto 2084, el propio Yoss con Los pecios y los náufragos, Elaine Vilar Madruga con Al límite de los olivos, Erick J. Mota Pérez con Habana Underguater, y la franquicia Metro 2033 del ruso Dmitry Glukhovsky, de la mano de Yoss, entre otros autores. Luego de una tregua necesaria para el almuerzo, la tarde fue el marco propicio para el conversatorio Sucesos y novedades en Cuba y el mundo sobre el género fantástico. El panel, integrado por los escritores Michel Encinosa, Adriana Zamora (editores de Letras Cubanas), Yoss, Leonardo Gala, y el director del Informativo Estronia, Gonzalo Morán, tuvo el objetivo de brindar una actualización del panorama actual de la ciencia ficción específicamente en cuanto a publicaciones. Yoss y Michel Encinosa dialogaron acerca de los libros cubanos del género publicados en la pasada feria del libro, y dieron un adelanto de las publicaciones venideras de la Editorial Gente Nueva y Letras Cubanas, muchas con la temática de la fantasía heroica y los dragones. También señalaron el juego de rol de fantasía que están preparando, único de su tipo en el país cuando se logre publicar. Adriana Zamora comentó sobre la política editorial y la importancia de aprovechar las convocatorias de recepción de trabajos. Leonardo Gala hizo alusión a las antologías digitales, y a otras creaciones como el animado
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