Dissecting Worlds Series 3 Episode 7 - Miltiary Conclusions

Published: Feb. 15, 2011, 8:33 a.m.

\nThe terrible twosome wrap up their miltiary series with a general chin wag about what've learned over the last 6 weeks.\n\xa0\nNot a lot, but in the course of this they consider does SF ever really tell miltiary stories? Where there is space to tell such stories?. How do Computer games fit in to genre military\xa0fiction?. Is there a miltiary fiction genre of it's own? Why is Outcasts so poo?\xa0\n\xa0\nThey also consider\xa0 modern British casualty sensitivity and consider the allogorical power of science fiction and how it's sometimes wasted in miltary SF. Matt is unkind to Footfall while discussing asymetrical warfare and Kehaar is as always the steady voice of wise counsel\xa0(not.)\xa0\n\xa0\nNeedless to say they bounce around such\xa0 historical matters as comedy Nazis, Northern Ireland\xa0and\xa0the British Indian Army.\n\xa0\nThe low tech colony book mentioned is actually Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobleyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeds-Earth-Humanitys-Michael-Cobley/dp/1841496316/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297596904&sr=1-1\n\xa0\nDetails of 'Conspiracy'\xa0here:\xa0http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/\n\xa0\nFeedback is as ever welcome on the forums, or by\xa0emailing\xa0dissectingworlds@yahoo.co.uk. Same ports of call if you fancy guest hosting in our gender and sexuality series.\n