Things are happening with High Aztech! Here's the latest developments:
Then, there's part one of a tell-all interview.
Finally, we have the latest version of the official press release:
DIGITAL PARCHMENT SERVICES
Is Proud To
Announce The Republication of Ernest Hogan's
Wildly Inventive Underground Chicano SF Classic
HIGH
AZTECH
For
Immediate Release
"A high-energy adventure peppered
with great ideas, well-imagined unusual settings, outlandish
characters, and a wicked sense of fun." –Locus
Digital Parchment Services through its
Strange Particle Press science fiction imprint, and Ernest Hogan, are
extremely proud to announce the publication of a brand new edition of
Hogan's chicano science fiction novel, High Aztech
The enhanced ebook version of High
Aztech, which contains a new introduction about the writing of
this highly controversial novel which introduced Chicano tropes to
science fiction, is available now – and a premier trade paperback
edition will be coming out in April, 2016.
Hogan, who describes himself as "–a
recombocultural Chicano mutant, known for committing outrageous acts
of science fiction and other questionable pursuits" has had
stories published with great acclaim in publications such as
Amazing Stories, Analog, Science Fiction Age, Semiotext(e)SF,
and many others.
This re-release of High Aztech by
Digital Parchment Services was preceded by Cortez On
Jupiter last year – will be followed by Ernest Hogan's
Tezcatlipoca Blues, and a collection of Ernest Hogan's short
stories: Pancho Villa's Flying Circus.
High Aztech takes place in 21st
century Mexico, Tenochtitlán, the metropolis formerly known as
Mexico City, is the most exciting place on Earth. Stainless steel
pyramids pierce the smoggy sky. Human sacrifice is coming back into
fashion, especially on the new Aztechan TV channels, and everyone
wants an artificial heart. Xolotl Zapata, celebrated poet, skeptic
and journalist, starts receiving death threats from a cult he's
lampooned in a comic book. But soon he will have much worse problems
and be running for his life. The government, the Mafia, street gangs,
cults, terrorists, even garbage collectors will be after him. Why? He
has been infected with a technological development that will changing
human life as we know it Zapata is carrying a virus that can download
religious beliefs into the human brain - a highly contagious virus
that is converting everyone he meets, and everyone they meet, to the
Aztec religion. This is Witnessing with a PUNCH! Since he's a
virulent carrier he infects a large part of the city all by himself,
and the masses, filled with visions and portents, await the End of
the World.
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"The plot twists and turns,
bouncing between the horrors of a police state with high-tech
weaponry and eavesdropping equipment and the feverish hallucinations
that the protagonist endures as he is captured first by one enemy
then another. Those who enjoy science fiction will probably find
pleasure in this book. I found the book entertaining and clever in
the complexities of its plot ... an example of what might be called
Latin American sci-fi magico-realism." – Nahua Newsletter
"Cyberpunk is the combining of
science fiction and technology with a future society on the brink of
self-destruction. Ernest Hogan takes the concept a step further,
blending in his love of the Aztec’s ancient beliefs and
civilization to produce very unique and gripping stories. When it
comes to science fiction of a different breed, Hogan is definitely
sitting in the front row. One reviewer aptly referred to Hogan as a
'mad Mexican Hunter S. Thompson.'" – Wicked local.com
"Chicano writer Ernest Hogan
bridges the gap between hard science fiction and cyberpunk …
interweaving Pre-Colombian mythology and Spanish, Spanglish, and
Nahuatl language into a humorously dystopian sci-fi context …
exploring the intersection of religion, technology, pop culture …
with a distinctly Latino twist." – The Routledge Companion to
Latino Literature
"...a delirious mosaic of sex,
drugs, rock 'n' roll, post-cyberpunk savvy, linguistic fun and Aztec
myth." – January Magazine
ebook (FREE on Amazon Unlimited!)
Trade Paper (coming soon)
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Digital Parchment Services
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Parchment Services is a complete
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founders of Digital Parchment Services are pioneers in digital
publishing who have collectively published over 2,500 ebooks and PoD
paperbacks since 1998.
DPS clients
include the estates of multiple Hugo winning author William Rotsler,
and science fiction legend Jody Scott; authors such as Locus Award
finalist Ernest Hogan, Hugo and Nebula nominee Arthur Byron Cover,
prize winning mystery author Jerry Oster, psychologist John Tamiazzo,
Ph.D., award winning nutritionist Ann Tyndall; and Best of
Collections from Fate Magazine and Amazing Stories.
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