PinnedValentina SalvatierraWhy everyone should read The DispossessedDystopias are the flavour of the week, month, and year. It seems more politically attuned to paint the various landscapes of doom that the…Jun 21, 20185Jun 21, 20185
Valentina SalvatierraApuntes sobre Game of Thrones S8E1He estado pensando en qué podría escribir sobre este esperado capítulo estreno de la última temporada de la gran saga que fue Game of…Apr 15, 2019Apr 15, 2019
Valentina SalvatierraRoutine encountersWakes up, gets out of bed, into the shower, and dressed. The usual work-day routine, a quick breakfast and guzzling down a cup of tea while…Jul 28, 2018Jul 28, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraMatter of WillAs she looked at herself in the mirror that morning before leaving for the library, the girl noticed that the woven sweater she was wearing…Jun 30, 2018Jun 30, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraAdapting time and agency: Arrival and ‘Story of Your Life’Arrival was my favourite movie of 2016: a moving, intelligent tour-de-force whose brilliant twists and clever use of science put…Apr 28, 2018Apr 28, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraLa experiencia de traducir ‘El Concepto de Experiencia’Escribí esta nota para acompañar el ensayo ‘El Concepto de Experiencia’ (escrito por Mark Greif), que traduje desde el inglés.Apr 7, 2018Apr 7, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraEl Concepto de Experiencia — Mark Greif(El significado de la vida, Parte I)Mar 31, 2018Mar 31, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraCommentary on Slaughterhouse-Five“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Valentina SalvatierraSocial-science fiction: J.G. Ballard’s 1960s short fictionIt seems exaggerated to say, as author J.G. Ballard has done, that science fiction is the only important fiction written in the twentieth…Jan 27, 2018Jan 27, 2018