Juan Miguel Aguilera (born in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

in 1960) is a Spanish

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author. He was first trained as an industrial designer. As an author, he has received the Ignotus prize, the Alberto Magno prize, and the Juli Verne prize. His first works were written in collaboration with Javier Redal. These are histories influenced by

hard science fiction Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's ''Islands of Space'' in the Novemb ...

, set in the universe of ''Akasa-Puspa'', although the time gaps between them make the similarities harder to find. These worlds are created with great consistency and attention to detail. ''Mundos en el Abismo'' (''Worlds in the Abyss'') and its sequel ''Hijos de la Eternidad'' (''Children of Eternity'') combine a plot typical of space opera with elements of hard science fiction. ''El Refugio'' (''The Refuge'') shows a deep scientific influence:

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, communication between species,

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. Aguilera has also collaborated with Ricardo Lázaro and

Rafael Marín Rafael Marín Trechera (Cádiz, Spain, 1959) is a Spanish novelist, translator, comic book writer and co-plotter. He is best known in the United States for his work with artist Carlos Pacheco on the ''Fantastic Four'' Vol.3 title in 2000 and 2001, ...

. In his solo work, he spends less time on scientific detail and incorporates elements of

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, in a genre he calls "speculative history." As a scriptwriter, he has worked on the film '' Stranded: Náufragos''.The New York Times Movies
/ref> He has been the illustrator for a number of science fiction book covers.

Bibliography

Works with Javier Redal :Short stories :Sangrando correctamente (1981) :Ari, el tonto (1992) :Maleficio (1995) :Novels :Mundos en el abismo (1988) :Hijos de la eternidad (1990) :En un vacío insondable (1994) :El refugio (1994) Works with Ricardo Lázaro :Short stories :La llavor del mal (1996) Works with Rafael Marín :Novels :Contra el tiempo (2001) Solo work :Short stories :El bosque de hielo (1995) :Semilla (1998) :Novels :La locura de Dios (1998) :Rihla (2003) :Mundos y demonios (2005).

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