May the armed forces be with you : the relationship between science fiction and the United States Mlitary / Stephen Dedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dedman, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Science fiction films--United States--History and criticism.

Science fiction films.

Science fiction television programs--United States--History and criticism.

Science fiction television programs.

United States--Armed Forces--In mass media.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

"Science fiction and the U.S. military often inhabit the same imaginative space. Some science fiction creators willingly cooperated with the military; others were conscripted. Some have used the genre as a forum for protest. This book examines the relationship between the U.S. military and science fiction through more than 80 years of novels, comics, films and television series"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface: Study War No More?; Introduction: "The Impact of Actual or Imagined Science" ; 1. "See You Later, Space Cowboy" ; 2. "The Eve of the War": 1926 to 1942 ; 3. "A War Increasingly Science-Fictional": 1942 to 1945; 4. "The Meaning of Atomic Weapons": 1946 to 1949

5. "I'm Not Working for the World": 1950 to 1961 6. "A Taste of Armageddon": 1962 to 1975 ; 7. Murder in the Air: The Quest for the Death Ray ; 8. Ender's Game: Killing Machines ; 9. "The Punisher": The Gulf Wars and Beyond ; Appendix A: Science Fiction Writers Who Served in the U.S. Military, World War II to Vietnam

Appendix B: From Jeep to JEDI: SF Influences on Military TerminologyAppendix C: The Vietnam War Advertisements, 1968 ; Appendix D: Science Fiction Films Made with the Assistance of the Pentagon (to 2013); Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 15, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4766-2286-8