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_aPR8807 _bF46 I 2014 |
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_aFennell, Jack, _9198990 |
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_aIrish science fiction / _cJack Fennell. |
| 300 | _aviii, 264 pages ; | ||
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_aLiverpool science fiction texts and studies ; _v48 |
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_tMad 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. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | _tHKBU library |
| 518 | _aYT2025 M08 | ||
| 520 | _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. | ||
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_aEnglish fiction _xIrish authors _xHistory and criticism. _9198991 |
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_aScience fiction, English _xHistory and criticism. |
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_aScience fiction, Irish _xHistory and criticism. _9198993 |
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