Introduced by beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss as one of the foundational novels of the genre, Miguel Collazo’s 1960s classic The Journey is a mind-opening parable of social progress, prophets and reluctant masses, and humanity’s metaphysical voyage inward. On planet Ambar, long ago colonized by scientists who arrived by spaceship, inhabitants no longer live in cities. Generation after generation, Ambarians wander through the desert, the valley, and the ruins as the mysterious “symbols” loom in the sky. Once a new generation develops the ability to broadcast images, feelings and memories to others, they start to hope and wait for a life-changing transformation: The Journey. Filled with intricate family trees, huge desert flowers, and intelligent automatons, Miguel Collazo’s evocative world traces the makings of a civilization that has lost its way and gradually rebuilds itself in a desolate landscape. This multi-generational saga highlights what binds us together as a community and the roles that memory, affection, and hope play in our history. One of what Cuban science fiction great Daína Chaviano calls the “hexagon of top-notch, almost inimitable Cuban books of the genre,” The Journey is essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of Cuban literature and science fiction.
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Miguel Collazo. The Journey
Contents
Introduction. Half a Century of Journeying Inward: Miguel Collazo’s The Journey
I. Jalno. 1. Beres and Bímer
2
3. The Valley
4. The Ships
II. The Symbol of the Ellipse. 1. Teles
2. Orna
3. The Ammes
4. The Flower and the Ellipse
5
III. Vet. 1. Solmes and Arla
2
3. The Solitary One
I. Denna. 1. Cities
2
The Hostile Men of the Desert
3
4. Vor
The Sons of Solmes and Arla
II. The Cuantas. 1. Tul
2
3. Atales
III
I. Ates and Bulis. 1
2
3
II. Atbar. 1
2
3
4
5
III. Nalis. 1
2. Calea
3. Tilme
I. Amir. 1. The Chaos
2. Besle
3. Daina
II. Datté. 1
2
3
III. Jarve
I. Dilnes. 1. Subté
2
3
II. The Mountain. 1. Dilnes
2. The Island
III. Ansial. 1. Obnar
2. Gesno
3. The Journey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
ABOUT THE INTRODUCER
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For my son Abel
These lines, I hope, will qualify for a third category: a prologue written by an author who’s already made a bit of a name for himself and his work, and who wants to publicly recognize his debts to another author in terms of style, themes, and inspiration.
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They also had their symbols, an inscrutable attribute that could be both a strength and a weakness: the symbols allowed them to recognize each other, but anybody who managed to get free from the mark of the symbols became indestructible.
They had no family lines or surnames. Their strange names (Bímer, Jalno, Orna, Catal, Casel) could not be recognized as belonging to any known culture on Earth.
