The Science Fiction of Ireland by Sir Fred Hoyle and Flann O'Brien

In the 19 fifties ireland wasn't particularly interested in international trade. We were recovering from colonialism. You had a dominant narrative in the country that modernity and modernization was a little bit too british. So with that background in mind, writing an english parson, sir fred hoyle, an astronomer, writing a science fiction book about ireland becoming an advanced technological society,. A super power. This was falkin bankers, and it was both serious science fiction and also probably considered to be not satire, but humorous... There's a big difference there. If it was satire, then it would be calling power into question. Satire would be the work of fl