A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction

A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science FictionAn astronomer challenges an emperor. A hunter pursues the last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerryman emigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune. The fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the winds of change came rushing in Ireland's direction. Science and technology would transform everything: life, love, death, crime, war, and

which includes a number of prose poems and translations

She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's

humorous and perceptive

will be killed if he tries to escape

while plant lists and design ideas aim to enhance mindfulness in the garden through the senses

independently minded young woman

But even her affairs bring her disappointment

written by Daniel Mulhall

Most of us think of Darwin at work on The Beagle

When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South

At its heart is the extraordinary resilience of one young girl

the Poles and even human homes