Irish Science Fiction Links
On this page we will attempt to gather together links to every science fiction site in Ireland. We can't do all this on our own, so if you find something we've missed, please submit it below.
Conventions
ConFusion UCC Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Society's convention
DMZ Events Buffy, Angel and Smallville one-day events and conventions
Dominicon 2003 the Homepage for NUI Maynooths Games/Sci fi con
Interaction - 2005 Worldcon The 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, taking place in Glasgow in 2005.
Mecon Sixth Queen's University run con in a row...held on site in Belfast...SF&F con mainly literary
Octocon The National Irish Science Fiction Convention.
Phoenix Convention Literary convention in Dublin, 27-28 September 2003 featuring Ken MacLeod as GoH
The Hellmouth UT Events Biggest Buffy Convention to date "The Hellmouth". Is a full day event for all fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
They Came and Shaved Us They Came and Shaved Us will be running literally non-stop from Friday the 24th of October 2003 until Sunday night the 26th. It will be a feast of all things fun, weird and wondrous.
Local Societies
Belfast Science Fiction Society Meets every second Thursday in Monaco Bar, Belfast
Ennis Science Fiction Society Local society of Ireland's information age town
Gay Trekkies Gay and lesbian Trekkie enthusiasts who are devoted to covering the gay end of the Star Trek universe.
Horrorthon Group which meets in Dublin's IFC to watch horror movies.
Sci-Fi Club Dublin Science Fiction Club meets first Tuesday of every month
College Societies
DIT Science Fiction Society Dublin Institute of Technology
Omega society NUI Maynooth NUI Maynooth Science fiction society.
QUBSFS Queens University Belfast Science Fiction Society
Strange Things DCU Dublin City University science fiction soiety
Tenforward University of Limerick Sci-Fi Society
Trinity College Dublin SFSoc Dublin University society website
UCD SFSoc UCD Science Fiction and Fantasy Society
Irish Film Sites
Paul Cotrulia Irish film director
The Session Movie currently being produced by Paul Cotrulia
Literary Sites
Science Fiction and Fantasy set in Ireland: a checklist Interesting site listing novels and short stories set in Ireland.
Newsletters and Mailing Lists
Irish SF News Monthly email newsletter containing everything the Irish SF fan wants to know...
Small Press Magazines and Fanzines
Albedo 1 Irish Speculative Fiction Magazine
FRINGE Fionna's monthlyish fanzine, freely distributed at the Dublin Sci-Fi Club Monthly meetings.
SF in Ireland Free Sci-Fi Monthly Newsletter run by David Stewart
The Brentford Mercury Magazine of Sproutlore, the now official Robert Rankin fan club, based in Dublin
TommyWorld Fanzine by Northern Irish SF fan Tommy Ferguson
TRS2 Monthly Review Sheet from Northern Ireland
Irish/Irish-based Authors
Anne McCaffrey Irish-American author of the Pern series, residing in Co. Wicklow
Darren Shan Irish writer and author of The Saga of Darren Shen
Darryl Sloan Author of 'Ulterior', a sci-fi chiller set in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Deryni Destination The Official Katherine Kurtz Website
Diane Duane and Peter Morwood Popular writing team from America and Northern Ireland, now living in Wicklow
Eoin Colfer Wexford-born author of Artemis Fowl and other childrens books
Eugene Byrne Irish born author of ThigMoo and Things Unborn, living in England
Harry Harrison Famous American writer - has a house in Dublin
Ian McDonald Northern Irish author, living in Belfast
James P Hogan American author living in Bray, Co. Wicklow
James White Northern Irish author of the Sector General series
John Joyce Author of Captain Cockle and Virtually Maria
Maggie Furey Author of the Artifacts of Power and Shadowleague series of books, living in Wicklow
Michael Carroll Irish writer living in Dublin
Morgan Llywelyn Llywelyn is a master (mistress?) of historical fiction, drawing upon a rich weaving of history and legend to produce a fast-paced read.
Competitions and Awards
The James White Award Annual short story competition in honour of Northern Irish writer James White.
Shops and Retailers
Super Sonic Comics Thousands of comics at discount prices!
Sci-Fi Radio
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre Roger Gregg's audio production company
Other Web Stuff
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