02278cam a2200253 i 4500 150519s2014 enk b 001 0 eng d 9781781381199 1781381194 SDU PR8807 F46 I 2014 Fennell, Jack, 198990 Irish science fiction / Jack Fennell. viii, 264 pages ; Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 48 Mad science and the Empire : Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie -- 'Future War' and gender in nineteenth-century Ireland -- Nationalist fantasies of the early twentieth century -- States of emergency : Irish SF During World War II -- The 1960s : Lemass, modernization and the Cold War -- The Wrong history : Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles -- Exotic Doom : the SF of Ian McDonald -- The Dystopian decades : from Recession to Tiger and back again -- The Shape of Irish SF to come. HKBU library YT2025 M08 Irish Science Fiction revisits a critical paradigm that has often been overlooked or dismissed by science fiction scholars - namely, that science fiction can be understood in terms of myth. Science fiction springs from pseudo-science rather than 'proper' science, because pseudo-science is more easily converted into narrative; in this book it is argued that different cultures produce distinct pseudo-sciences, and thus, unique science fiction traditions. Fennell's innovative framework is used to examine Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, Irish Science Fiction analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. This is the first book to focus exclusively on Irish science fiction, and the first to consider Irish-language stories and novels alongside works published in English. -- Provided by publisher. English fiction Irish authors History and criticism. 198991 Science fiction, English History and criticism. Science fiction, Irish History and criticism. 198993 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 105576 105576 0 0 lcc 0 PR8807 F46 I2014 0 CGB 279506 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-08-27 2 PR8807 F46 I 2014 1000376410 2025-08-27 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-27 GBE