A science fiction novel with mystery elements to the Agatha Christie, ‘Hermes file’ wins the XIX Minotaur

The novel of Science fiction ‘Hermes file’ wins the Minotaur prize the year in which the dean publishing house dedicated to the fantastic turns 70 and her editorial group, planet, turns 75. The prize has been granted unanimously to a manuscript sent under pseudonym And with another title that has finally stayed aside, ‘Lovebot’, and that referred to an important element of the plot.

The jury as always, brings together names from the press and the fandom of the fantastic, to which Asier Moreno Vizuete adds, winner of the XVIII Minotaur Award. Next to him have been part of the jury Isabel Clemente (member of Porticothe Spanish Fantasy, Science Fiction and Terror Association), Fernando Bonete (University Professor, Author and prescriber), Daniel Pérez Castrillón and Alberto Pluled (both booksellers and prescribers).

In the contest, 274 manuscripts from different countries have participated this year, mainly Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, although they have also come from other European and even Asian countries. The winning novel has been praised by its Interesting use of classic elements of science fiction and authors such as Isaac Asimovwith issues on artificial intelligence heirs of those already raised by the author mixed with unusual ingredients in gender, such as agatha Christie -type criminals.

In the book we moved to the twentieth century, when vacation cruises, Mars and Jupiter have been popularized. On board the SC Schettino, the head of security has to resolve the murder of Condesa Planck, multimillionaire and influencer. Its main witness is also the great suspect: the Lovebot of the deceased, an artificial humanoid created for pleasure. The trip will become an epic of discovery about what makes us human.

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