Irish Science Fiction

by Jack Fennell

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781381194
• ISBN13: 9781781381199
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"