02446cam a2200265 i 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002300082100002700105245004300132300002200175490005400197505050100251505001700752518001500769520101500784650006701799650005301866650005901919900001401978942001301992999001902005952015602024150519s2014    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a9781781381199  a1781381194  aSDU00aPR8807bF46 I 20141 aFennell, Jack,919899010aIrish science fiction /cJack Fennell.  aviii, 264 pages ;1 aLiverpool science fiction texts and studies ;v4800tMad science and the Empire : Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie --t'Future War' and gender in nineteenth-century Ireland --tNationalist fantasies of the early twentieth century --tStates of emergency : Irish SF During World War II --tThe 1960s : Lemass, modernization and the Cold War --tThe Wrong history : Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles --tExotic Doom : the SF of Ian McDonald --tThe Dystopian decades : from Recession to Tiger and back again --tThe Shape of Irish SF to come.00tHKBU library  aYT2025 M08  aIrish 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. 0aEnglish fictionxIrish authorsxHistory and criticism.9198991 0aScience fiction, EnglishxHistory and criticism. 0aScience fiction, IrishxHistory and criticism.9198993  a= C.1 SDU  cGBE2lcc  c105576d105576  00102lcc406PR8807 F46 I2014708CGB9279506aSDUbSDUcGEN3d2025-08-27e2oPR8807 F46 I 2014p1000376410r2025-08-27 00:00:00tC.1w2025-08-27yGBE