A manufactured and pre-programmed serial killer; a suicidal robot; a romantic necrophiliac; and an archaeologist who feeds the perverse desires of aficionados of the apocalypse-Francisco Garcia Gonzalez's stories map out literary and metafictional approaches to the sci-fi universe in ways that echo the humor and violence of Miguel de Cervantes, Maria de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto BolaNo. With a scholarly introduction by translator Bradley J. Nelson that introduces Garcia Gonzalez's oeuvre to contemporary readers and scholars of Spanish-language literature, this science fiction collection introduces Anglophones to this unique author. Garcia Gonzalez turns a black mirror on contemporary society and its relation both to history and to the future. His insightfulness and relevance draw comparisons with Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson, and China Mieville, though his verbal economy and elegance are more akin to Cormac McCarthy, producing both disturbingly uncanny violence and unexpected comedy.

Tal vez pienses que un pequeno grano de trigo no tenga nada importante que contarte. Sin embargo este entranable libro de cuentos nos muestra que todo lo que nos rodea, por insignificante que parezca, puede regalarnos una ensenanza que merezca la pena. Entre sus paginas, ademas de las andanzas del vapuleado cereal, encontraremos los relatos de una trucha perdida, un extraterrestre en proceso de aprendizaje, una nina con problemas de insomnio y otras muchas historias cargadas de ensenanzas como las que ya vimos en "Proxima estacion...el Cielo", la primera obra del autor.