Military fiction
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Military fiction is a subgenre of science fiction or alternate history, focusing on military activities, such as war, battles, combat, fighting; or military life.{{cite web |url= https://www.autumnwriting.com/whats-in-a-genre-military-fiction/ |title= What's in a Genre: Military Fiction |date= 9 January 2015 |website= Autumn Writing |author= Autumn M. Birt }}{{cite web |url= https://careerauthors.com/what-you-need-to-know-military-fiction/ |title= What You Need to Know Before You Leap into Military Fiction |date= 29 May 2019 |author= Brian Andrews |publisher= Career Authors }}{{cite web |url= https://www.goodreads.com/genres/military-fiction |title= Military Fiction |publisher= Good Reads }}
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Classes of military fiction
Types of military fiction include:
- War novels, including written military fiction{{cite web |url= https://www.librarything.com/list/10696/all/Best-War-Fiction-Books |title= Best War Fiction Books |publisher= Library Thing }}{{cite magazine |url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x3k33/forever-war-forever-joe-haldeman |title= The Author of Our Best SF Military Novel Explains the Future of War |magazine= Motherboard |publisher= Vice |date= 18 September 2015 |first=Brian|last=Merchant|author-link=Brian Merchant}}
- War films, military fiction in cinema{{cite magazine |url= https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/the-impact-of-fiction-on-the-future-of-war/ |title= The Impact of Fiction on the Future of War |author= Franz-Stefan Gady |date= 7 December 2019 |magazine= The Diplomat }}
- Military and war video games{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-tom-clancy-an-appreciation-20131002-story.html |title= Tom Clancy: An appreciation |author= Hector Tobar |date= 2 October 2013 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times }}
Subgenres of military fiction include:
- Military science fiction{{cite web |url= https://lewtonbus.net/reviews/the-star-wars-on-film-rogue-one-and-sci-fi-warfare/ |title= The Star Wars on Film: ROGUE ONE And Sci-Fi Warfare |author= Allen Strickland |date= 21 December 2016 |publisher= Lewton Bus }}
- Naval fiction{{cite web |url= https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-naval-fiction.htm |title= What Is Naval Fiction? |author= Daphne Mallory |date= 29 August 2020 |publisher= Wise Geek }}
- Indian military fiction (of India)
Works and elements of military fiction
Works of military fiction:
Elements of military fiction:
Creators of military fiction
- Military-entertainment complex{{cite news |url= https://www.rawstory.com/2014/10/the-military-entertainment-complex-call-of-duty-makers-have-close-ties-with-the-pentagon/ |title= The military-entertainment complex: Call of Duty makers have close ties with the Pentagon |author= Simon Parkin |newspaper= The Guardian |publisher= Raw Story |date= 22 October 2014 }}
- List of military science fiction works and authors