Despite the somewhat marginalization of science fiction in Cuba, the genre could not avoid the cultural influence that the island experienced when it adopted Soviet cannons. From the USSR and the Communist allies came hundreds of genre publications in the seventies, while local production was reduced to zero. Most Cuban writers took sides, some defended the new styles and ideas that came from the East; others decided not to, and even created sometimes a counter discourse.
Toledano Redondo, Juan C.. Sputniks cubanos. De cómo la URSS ocupó la imaginación de una generación. En: Kamchatka : revista de análisis cultural, 2015, No. 5: 187
