The Spirit of Science Fiction
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 First edition (Spanish) | |
| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
|---|---|
| Original title | El espíritu de la ciencia-ficción |
| Translator | Natasha Wimmer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona |
Publication date | 2016 (written ca. 1984) |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | February 5, 2019 (US) |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 209 |
The Spirit of Science Fiction (Spanish: El espíritu de la ciencia-ficción) is a novel written by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño around 1984 and published posthumously. It was published in Spanish in 2016;[1] an English-language translation by Natasha Wimmer was published in 2018 by Picador[2] and in February 2019 by Penguin.[3]
Although unpublished at his death, The Spirit of Science Fiction was one of Bolaño's first completed novels, the manuscript bearing the inscription "Blanes, 1984",[4] and reviewers saw it as a precursor to The Savage Detectives.[1][5][6]
The novel was officially launched on November 30, 2016, within the framework of the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, which that year was dedicated to Latin America.[7]