Project Gutenberg 2007-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 92 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Bernklau BERNKLAU Attention Saint Patrick Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, January, 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Attention Saint Patrick" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. Set on an alien colony named Eire, reminiscent of Ireland in its cultural essence and folklore, the story revolves around the challenges faced by an Earth colony struggling to survive due to an infestation of troublesome creatures called dinies. The work draws on themes of mythology, cultural identity, and the significance of divine intervention through the lens of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who is humorously presented as a character with godlike influence over the planet and its inhabitants. The narrative unfolds as President O'Hanrahan navigates the pressures of governmental oversight and environmental crises, particularly the devastating impact of dinies on the colony's economy and food supply. Tension rises with the arrival of Sean O'Donohue, an influential committee chairman from Earth who is skeptical of the colony's progress and threatens to withdraw essential support. As chaos ensues with the emergence of black snakes, which have been inadvertently introduced to control the diny population, the story crescendos into a comedic clash of cultures and ideologies. A young woman named Moira O'Donohue's discovery of a biological solution to their diny problem provides hope, ultimately showcasing ingenuity and adaptability in the face of absurd challenges, while prompting a humorous re-evaluation of myth and tradition within the fragile dynamics of colonial existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 71768 71774 2024-09-10T07:44:24.446860 2023-09-10T10:55:42.967088 text/html text/html 68795 2007-11-10T15:10:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 198075 2007-11-10T15:10:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 288200 2024-09-10T07:44:27.926816 application/epub+zip 287178 2024-09-10T07:44:25.756814 application/epub+zip 76704 2024-09-10T07:44:24.941826 application/epub+zip 386354 2024-09-10T07:44:29.552790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380269 2024-09-10T07:44:27.378833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173824 2022-08-11T04:59:47.318942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64829 64731 2024-09-10T07:44:24.167837 2023-09-10T10:55:42.743098 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 64748 2007-11-10T15:10:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25209 2007-11-10T15:10:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19319 2024-09-10T07:44:29.687793 application/rdf+xml 14670 2024-09-10T07:44:25.282819 image/jpeg 3919 2024-09-10T07:44:25.110816 image/jpeg 252605 2024-09-10T07:44:24.460836 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia