Lodi-Ribeiro, Gerson
Entry updated 5 August 2024. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1960- ) Brazilian author who has also written as by Daniel Alvaraz and Carla Cristina Pereira; active, initially in Fanzines, from around 1980, he began to publish work of genre interest in Portuguese with "A ética da Traição" in O Atlântico tem Duas Margens: Antologia da novissima ficção cientifica portuguesa e brasileira ["The Atlantic has Two Shores: Anthology of New Portuguese and Brazilian Science Fiction"] (anth 1993) edited by José Manuel Morais (see Portugal); a French translation appeared previously as "L'ethique d'une trahison" (1992 Antares), and later in English as "The Ethics of Treason" (June 2012 International Speculative Fiction) . His book-length fictions, none translated, tend to pastiche and/or genuinely to homage extravagant figures from the SF Megatext, in which he is patently immersed. A Guardiã da Memória ["The Keeper of Memory"] (2011), for instance, is set in an Alternate World, where representatives of Homo sapiens are decried for their all-too-human assumption that Evolution happened naturally, rather than at the behest of Forerunner mentors who crafted a wide conversation of species; Sex between humans and centaurs is described.
Of Lodi-Ribeiro's several Anthologies, one has been translated, the useful Solarpunk: histórias ecológicas e fantásticas em um mundo sustentáv! (anth 2013; trans Fabio Fernandes as Solarpunk: Ecological And Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World 2018) (see also Solarpunk). [JC]
Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro
born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 8 July 1960
works (selected)
- Xochiquetzal: Uma Princessa Asteca entre os Incas ["Xochiquetzal: an Aztec Princess among the Incas"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2009) [fixup/coll of linked stories: based on "Xochiquetzal", original publication unsourced (trans 2000 Altair) as by Carla Cristina Pereira: plus other unsourced stories: pb/]
- A Guardiã da Memória ["The Keeper of Memory"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2011) [pb/Ericksama]
- Aventuras do Vampiro de Palmares ["Adventures of the Vampire of Palmares"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2015) [fixup: binding unknown/]
- Estranhos no Paraiso ["Strangers in Paradise"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2015) [ebook: na/]
- Octopusgarden (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2017) [pb/Ericksama]
collections and stories
- Outras Histórias ... ["Other Stories ..."] (Lisbon, Portugal: Editorial Caminho, 1997) [coll: pb/Henrique Cayatte]
- O Vampiro de Nova Holanda ["The Vampire of New Holland"] (Lisbon, Portugal: Editorial Caminho, 1998) [coll: pb/Henrique Cayatte]
- Outros Brasis ["Other Brazils"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Blue Unicorn Seal, 2006) [coll: binding unknown/]
- Taikodom: Crônicas ["Taikodom: Chronicles"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Devrir Livraria, 2009) [coll: based on the Videogame: pb/Ivan Jerônimo]
- Histórias de Ficção Cientifica de Carla Cristina Pereira ["Science Fiction Stories by Carla Cristina Pereira"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2012) [coll: pb/]
works as editor
- Phantastica Brasiliana: 500 anos de histórias deste e doutros Brasis ["Phantasticao Braziliana: 500 Years of stories from this and other Brazils"] (São Caetano do Sul: Ano Luz, 2000) [anth: pb/]
- Como era gostosa a minha alienigena!: Contos eróticos fantásticos ["How Hot Was My Alien!: Fantastic erotic tales"] (São Caetano do Sul: Ano Luz, 2002) [anth: pb/]
- Vaporpunk – Relatos "steampunk" publicados sob as ordens de Suas Majestades ["Vapor Punk: Steampunk Stories Published under Their Majesties' Orders"] with Luis filipe Silva (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2010) [anth: pb/Ericksama]
- Dieselpunk – Arquivos confidenciais de um bela época ["Confidential Archives from a Fine Age"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2011) [anth: pb/Ericksama]
- Solarpunk: histórias ecológicas e fantásticas em um mundo sustentáv! (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2013) [anth: pb/Ericksama]
- Solarpunk: Ecological And Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World (Albuquerque, New Mexico: World Weaver Press, 2018) [anth: trans by Fabio Fernandes of the above: pb/]
- Super-Heróis ["Super-Heroes"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2014) with Luiz Felipe Vasques [anth: pb/Ericksama]
- Dinossauros ["Dinosaurs"] (São Paulo, Brazil: Editoria Draco, 2016) [anth: pb/Ericksama]
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