Those in charge of medical lobbies should try to keep a reading selection that represents the interests of a general public. Instead, the shelves and tables of waiting rooms everywhere seem to be overrun with glossy interior decor and gardening magazines. Doctors' offices would better stocked with reading selections if they included some military fiction books and other publications, simply to give the fellows some to do but stare at the walls.
The genre has a few broad conventions, to be followed or tweaked depending upon the writer's nerve. Typically, characters will be uniformed soldiers, sometimes against a backdrop of war, but more often right in the thick of it. The tale might be told in first person narrative but there will usually be quite a large cast of characters, sometimes including anonymous masses in battle. Fans of this genre usually appreciate detail when it comes to weaponry and equipment together with creativity in imaging tactics.
Appropriately, the military genre seems to conduct frequent raids into its neighbors' territory. It has certainly swallowed up a great deal of science fiction and fantasy. The most widely published and successfully filmed science fiction sub-genre remains space opera, and everything that makes it unique is war related. Of all science fiction's sub-genres it is by far the likeliest to have characters who are in some uniformed armed force, as well as fleets of spaceships attaching each other, and gunfights using energy weapons.
Militarized space opera is so dominant that many in the broad public seem to assume all science fiction is space opera. Understandably, this is to the frustration of many science fiction enthusiasts. It does, however, attest to the universality of the war story. So do all the martial elements in fantasy, whether in the form of the classics of the field or yesterday's new video game.
The entire genre of espionage literature can be classified a sub-genre of war literature. This classification has espionage literature playing the same role with war literature that espionage agencies play among a nation's armed forces. Nearly any fictional intelligence agent of note has a background story of service in the combat arms, and were at some point identified from within that pool of fighting men. Most still hold rank.
Some parents will hesitate before feeding the kids war literature, worried that the inevitable graphic violence might imprint itself on their character, or that it might even inspire the kids to enlist one day. Studies might reassure them that violence conveyed through print lacks the shock effect of seeing it on-screen. However, this also must be weighed against the need to provide reading material that genuinely inspires a life-long love of reading.
Bright kids sometimes dedicate themselves to one type of literature for as long as several years. Some will be drawn toward fantasy, which offers magical beings and a vaguely medieval atmosphere. Those who prefer their settings more futuristic will incline toward SF. But many children aren't intrigued by wildly imaginative material.
Tales of war have excited men and boys since the Trojan War and no doubt longer than that. It isn't difficult to grasp the objections of thoughtful parents. But distributing this material in lobbies and bookshelves might inspire boys to learn to read and inspire older men not to skip their medical appointments.
The genre has a few broad conventions, to be followed or tweaked depending upon the writer's nerve. Typically, characters will be uniformed soldiers, sometimes against a backdrop of war, but more often right in the thick of it. The tale might be told in first person narrative but there will usually be quite a large cast of characters, sometimes including anonymous masses in battle. Fans of this genre usually appreciate detail when it comes to weaponry and equipment together with creativity in imaging tactics.
Appropriately, the military genre seems to conduct frequent raids into its neighbors' territory. It has certainly swallowed up a great deal of science fiction and fantasy. The most widely published and successfully filmed science fiction sub-genre remains space opera, and everything that makes it unique is war related. Of all science fiction's sub-genres it is by far the likeliest to have characters who are in some uniformed armed force, as well as fleets of spaceships attaching each other, and gunfights using energy weapons.
Militarized space opera is so dominant that many in the broad public seem to assume all science fiction is space opera. Understandably, this is to the frustration of many science fiction enthusiasts. It does, however, attest to the universality of the war story. So do all the martial elements in fantasy, whether in the form of the classics of the field or yesterday's new video game.
The entire genre of espionage literature can be classified a sub-genre of war literature. This classification has espionage literature playing the same role with war literature that espionage agencies play among a nation's armed forces. Nearly any fictional intelligence agent of note has a background story of service in the combat arms, and were at some point identified from within that pool of fighting men. Most still hold rank.
Some parents will hesitate before feeding the kids war literature, worried that the inevitable graphic violence might imprint itself on their character, or that it might even inspire the kids to enlist one day. Studies might reassure them that violence conveyed through print lacks the shock effect of seeing it on-screen. However, this also must be weighed against the need to provide reading material that genuinely inspires a life-long love of reading.
Bright kids sometimes dedicate themselves to one type of literature for as long as several years. Some will be drawn toward fantasy, which offers magical beings and a vaguely medieval atmosphere. Those who prefer their settings more futuristic will incline toward SF. But many children aren't intrigued by wildly imaginative material.
Tales of war have excited men and boys since the Trojan War and no doubt longer than that. It isn't difficult to grasp the objections of thoughtful parents. But distributing this material in lobbies and bookshelves might inspire boys to learn to read and inspire older men not to skip their medical appointments.
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