Fighting the future war
Subtitle: an anthology of science fiction war stories, 1914-1945
By: edited by Frederic Krome
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780415879507; 9780415879514; 9780203810590
Subjects: American Science fiction; American War stories
Description: The period between World War I and World War II was one of intense change. Everything was modernizing, including our technology for making war{u2014}witness machine guns, trench warfare, biological agents, and ultimately The Final Solution. This modernization and eye toward the future was reflected in many facets of pop culture, including fashion, home-wear design, and the popular literature of the time. In sci-fi, a specific genre emerged{u2014}that of the {u2018}future war.{u2019}

Fred Krome has collected many of these future war stories together for the first time in Fighting the Future War. Bolstered by a comprehensive introduction, and introduced with historical information about both the authors of the stories and the historical time period, these stories provide a view into the field of pulp science fiction writing, the issues that informed the time period between the world wars, and the way people envisioned the wars of tomorrow. Revealing anxieties about society, technology, race and politics, the genre of the future war story is important material for students of history and literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.