The Journey

On planet Ambar, long ago colonized by scientists who arrived by spaceship, inhabitants no longer live in cities. Generation after generation, Ambarians wander through the desert, the valley, & the ruins as the mysterious “symbols” loom in the sky. Once a new generation develops the ability to broadcast images, feelings and memories to others, they start to hope & wait for a life-changing transformation: The Journey.

Filled with intricate family trees, huge desert flowers, & intelligent automatons, Miguel Collazo’s evocative world traces the makings of a civilization that has lost its way & gradually rebuilds itself in a desolate landscape. This multi-generational saga highlights what binds us together as a community & the roles that memory, affection, & hope play in our history. 

One of what Cuban science fiction great Daína Chaviano calls the “hexagon of top-notch, almost inimitable Cuban books of the genre,” The Journey is essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of Cuban literature & science fiction.

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Miguel Collazo Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1936. A plastic artist & writer, he formed the group Los Cinco, & along with other artists exhibited at the Lex Gallery (1956) & the Biennial of Mexico. He worked as a textile artist at the Textilera Ariguanabo (1960-1962) & as an author of television scripts at CMQ and CMBF (1963). He was a contributor to Diario Libre, Cultura ‘64, Unión, & La Gaceta de Cuba. He was in charge of national galleries at the General Directorate of the National Council of Culture, where he also worked as a literary adviser in the National Directorate of Literature. In 1999, he took his own life, leaving a sca