City, space and cyberspace in recent chilean science fiction: Three versions of the labyrinth

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to inquire into the modes of representation of space in three chilean science fiction novels published since the end of the eighties. The analysis reveals that the imaginary horizon of the stories could be considered as thought in continuum from city-ghetto –El ruido del tiempo (1987) by Claudio Jaque– to a totalitarian scene of the city, the cyberspace and the body colonized by information technologies –Ygdrasil (2005) by Jorge Baradit–, including the apocalyptic metropolis, in the process of disintegration of the bicentenary –2010: Chile en llamas (1998) by Dario Oses–.