MilSF n.

= military science fiction n.

Used in various capitalization and spacing/hyphenation variants.

SF Criticism

Genre

  • 1994 ‘Trister K’ Re: Military SF in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Dec. page image

    My nominee for best MilSF? (Glad you asked) The Men In the Jungle - Norman Spinrad.

  • 2007 M. McGrath in Vector (#253) July–Aug. 23/1 (review of David Gunn’s Death’s Head) page image Martin McGrath bibliography

    Sven is all-but-indestructible and his hard-luck background, hard-bitten attitude and devotion to his squad draw on the blandest of mil-sf stereotypes. [Ibid.] Violence is a given in this type of mil-sf.

  • 2008 L. M. Bujold in L. S. Carl & J. Helfers Vorkosigan Companion 47 page image Lois McMaster Bujold bibliography

    Properly speaking, milSF as a label should be applied to works whose central concern is an exploration of the military in action, doing its job (well or badly, depending).

  • 2017 M. Z. Williamson Forged in Blood 380 page image Michael Z. Williamson bibliography

    Kacey Ezell is an active duty USAF helicopter pilot. When not beating the air into submission, she writes mil SF, SF, fantasy, and horror fiction.

  • 2022 Library Journal Nov. 91

    Witty and readable, it features an endearing cast of characters and fast-paced action and will have broad appeal to fans of sci-fi beyond its MilSF genre.

Research requirements

antedating 1994
Earliest cite

Usenet

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