Imagining the Unimaginable

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Morgan's remarkable achievement with Imagining the Unimaginable has been to show that SF Holocaust fiction is not only a real possibility, but a rich subgenre of speculative literature ... a valuable project indeed: the Holocaust is an event that demands repeated evaluation and attempts to make sense of it. * Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) * A thorough and well-written work of scholarship that turns the myth of silence into a resounding yell and should be a core text for courses that teach SF ... If the Holocaust is impossible to understand except through direct experience, Morgan's book is a timely intervention to remind us that, not only should it be understood in this post-survivor age, but we have a readily available library of texts to set us on the proper path. * Fafnir: The Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy * Readers will find this a thoughtful work, full of valuable insights about the texts discussed and a stimulus for thinking about how valuable the tools of science fiction are for imagining the unimaginable. * Science Fiction Studies * This is a compact and useful volume that will be of interest to anyone interested in the complexities of Holocaust fiction. * Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction * At once theoretically sophisticated and readable, Glyn Morgan's study makes a notable contribution to the field of Holocaust literature by showing how Anglo-American speculative fiction - a genre encompassing science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history - has reflected, as well as shaped, the evolving memory of the Holocaust. * Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Professor of History, Fairfield University, USA * Expanding the canon and extending the debate about representation, this thoughtful, wide-ranging and critically-aware book charts new territory in our understanding both of the Holocaust and of speculative fiction. * Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK *