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Irish Science Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-11-05
Mått163 x 239 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLiverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Antal sidor224
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781781381199

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Introduction1. Mad Science and the Empire: Fitz-James O’Brien and Robert Cromie2. ‘Future War’ and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Ireland3. Nationalist Fantasies of the Early Twentieth Century4. States of Emergency: Irish SF During World War Two5. The 1960s: Lemass, Modernization and the Cold War6. The Wrong History: Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles7. Exotic Doom: the SF of Ian McDonald8. The Dystopian Decades: From Recession to Tiger and Back Again9. The Shape of Irish SF to ComeBibliographyIndex

Reviews'An important and groundbreaking book... it introduced me to a whole body of writing about which – after 40 years in the field – I knew next to nothing, and made me want to search out and read much of it. I imagine most readers will feel the same way, and will, as do I, feel gratitude to the author for guiding us to and through the heretofore terra incognita of Irish science fiction.'Philip O'Leary