Alteridad, viajes y conquistas en la ciencia ficción peruana y boliviana

This article aims to analyze the short stories Persistencia (1974) of José Adolph, El primer peruano en el espacio (2013) of Daniel Salvo and in the novel De cuando en cuando Saturnina. Una historia oral del futuro (2004) of Alison Spedding, two recurring themes in the history of science fiction: alterity and travel. These are arguments offer a chance to reflect on contemporary Peruvian and Bolivian society. Science fiction becomes a tool for denouncing social inequalities, processes of colonization and can become a space to reflect on the encounter with the other.