He created and directed the legendary Dragon collection, the first brand of Cuban released police, fantasy and science fiction literature, in the island.
He allowed Cubans to become acquainted with worldwide classics such as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur Conan Doyle and CS Lewis.
He also founded the Fénix (Phoenix) Collections which were dedicated to promoting Cuban poetry and Cuadernos R (R Notebooks) which fulfilled the same function for prose.
He also published an essay on Cuban painting, Pintores Cubanos in 1962 and several articles about arts, broadcasting, aerospace, chess, science fiction, and other archaeological mysteries.
He also compiled and prefaced Cuentos de ciencia ficción (Science fiction tales), published in 1969, which featured Cuban and foreign authors.