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O'Connell, Charles C

(?   -    ) Irish author in whose first novel, The Vanishing Island (1957; vt The Vanishing Island: An Irish Entertainment 1958), the mysterious Island of Innishios experiences First Contact through the arrival in a UFO-like Spaceship of an attractive Alien, who introduces the inhabitants to the splendour of the universe, permanently transforming their Perception of reality. [JC]

Charles Christopher O'Connell

born County Cork, Ireland

works (selected)

• The Vanishing Island (Dublin, Ireland: The Talbot Press, 1957) [hb/Karl Uhlemann]
  • The Vanishing Island: An Irish Entertainment (New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1958) [vt of the above: hb/uncredited]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 00:46 am on 13 January 2025.
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