Technology and Barbarism

＂Thought-provoking pieces of nonfiction exploring the crossroads of technology with art and science, as well as how hard science fiction has inspired the craziest ideas of our times, for the good and the bad＂-- Provided by publisher.

Michel Nieva was born in 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His prose mixes science fiction and speculative genres with Argentinean historical and literary traditions, a blend dubbed gaucho-punk. In 2021 Nieva was named among the best young Spanish writers by Granta Magazine. His short story Dengue Boy (basis for the novel with the same title), won the O. Henry Award in 2022. Michel lives in New York where he teaches Latin American Literature at NYU.