Spain is different?

Dale Knickerbocker is McMahon Distinguished Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University. He specialises in Hispanic science fiction, horror and the fantastic, and is author of Juan José Millás: the obsessive-compulsive aesthetic, and editor of Lingua Cosmica: Essays on World Science Fiction.

• Series Editors’ ForewordAcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Apocalypse and apotheosis in Rosa Montero’s TemblorChapter 3. Apocalypse and alienation in Javier Negrete’s Nox perpetuaChapter 4. The Mater of all apocalypses: Juan Miguel Aguilera’s La locura de DiosChapter 5. Enlightening the apocalypse: Enrique del Barco’s Punto OmegaChapter 6. Born to kill: Eduardo Vaquerizo’s Mentes de noche y hieloChapter 7. ‘Fiery the angels rose’: José Miguel Pallarés and Amadeo Garrigós’s Tiempo prestadoAfterwordWorks citedIndex

This insightful study of the apocalyptic 1990–2005 SF novels by Montero, Negrete, Aguilera, del Barco, Vaquerizo, and the duo Pallarés and Garrigós, reveals how the Civil War traumas silenced by the democratic transition surfaced in a Spain not only “different” but also still hopelessly split between irreconcilable views of the nation.’ Dr Sara Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ‘This fascinating book provides a refreshing perspective on the subject of Spanish historical memory and collective identity, and reveals the important role of apocalyptic stories. Brave, timely and accessible: Spain might or might not be different, after all, but the author opens up different angles on how Spain has (mis)handled its past.