“A fascinating study of the interrelations between science fiction and military developments. Beginning with a penetrating look at Victorian and Edwardian "future-war fiction" and how it began to suggest both policy and technology, up through the present era and the current military-industrial complex's incestuous codependence on the "drivers" found in SF, Mr. Gannon's survey is revelatory of an aspect of our culture with which we may be largely unfamiliar. Not that the notion of prediction in SF hasn't been recognized, but the degree to which such "predictions" are only self-fulfilling precis for the engineers and diplomats. A highly recommended look at a strand of our culture we may wish to pay closer attention to.”
Mark W. Tiedemann wrote this review Monday, December 10, 2012.
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