{"product_id":"2940158990267","title":"A Legend of the Future","description":"\u003cbr\u003eA morally profound chamber piece, \u003ci\u003eA Legend of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a critique of morality. It takes place inside a spaceship after a crash takes place during a failed mission to Titan, one of the Saturn moons. The journey home forces the crew to face its innermost fears while coexisting with each other in a state of desperation. This mesmerizing novel, recalling Arthur C. Clarke's \u003ci\u003e2001: Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, is a roman a clef about the intense pressures--economic, ideological, psychological--inside Socialist Cuba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Legend of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best science fiction writer in Cuba; the only possible debate is which of his works is the best.... His trilogy of Spiral, A Legend of the Future, and Year 200 is still the best of Cuban science fiction.... With a very refined style and well-established scientific-social background, Agustín's work surprises through its humanistic content. His concerns surrounding the meaning of life and the evolution of human beings put him in a privileged place among national writers.\"--\u003ci\u003eCuenta Regresiva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best and most popular novelist of this genre that the Island has ever given.... He is considered one of the principal exponents of Cuban science fiction, and  he was undoubtedly the one who knew how to best combine solid scientific formation as plots and attractive characters with a confidence well-based in humanity's socialist future.\"--Yoss\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the best science fiction writers in Cuba--and, until [his death], one of the best Cuban story tellers alive.... Today Agustín de Rojas' work, from Spiral through Catharsis and Society, is admired by cult readers, pro-government thinkers, and elitists alike.\"--Félix Luis Viera, \u003ci\u003eCubaencuentro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most elevated figure in Cuban science fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eAxxón\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104350257392,"sku":"2940158990267","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158990267_p0.jpg?v=1764124385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158990267","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}