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" Rumors of war and infernal machines : "


Document Type : BL
Record Number : 949286
Doc. No : b703656
Main Entry : Gannon, Charles E.
Title & Author : Rumors of war and infernal machines : : technomilitary agenda-setting in American and British speculative fiction /\ Charles E. Gannon.
Edition Statement : 1st Rowman & Littlefield ed.
Publication Statement : Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littefield Publishers,, 2005.
Page. NO : 311 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
ISBN : 0742540340
: : 0742540359
: : 9780742540347
: : 9780742540354
Bibliographies/Indexes : Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and index.
Contents : Introduction : assessing rumors--of war and infernal machines -- Armageddon by gaslight : Victorian visions of apocalypse -- Opportunistic acticipations and accidental insights : William Le Queux's exploitation of Edwardian invasion anxieties -- Promoters of the probable, prophets of the possible : technological innovation and Edwardian near-future war fiction -- H.S. Wells : the far-future war prophet of Edwardian England -- Hard numbers, hard cases, hard decisions : politics and future-war fiction in America -- An imperfect future tense(d) : anticipations of atomic annihilation in post-war American science fiction -- Nuclear fiction and silo psychosis : narratives of life in the shadow of a mushroom cloud -- Radio waves, death rays, and transgressive (sub)texts : future-war fiction in the wide black yonder -- Making man-machines of mass destruction : future-war authors as seers in an age of Cyborg soldiers -- Cultural casualties as collateral damage : the fragment-ing/-ation effects of future -war fantasies vs. fictions -- Afterword : on conducting a literary reconnaissance in force--and in earnest.
Abstract : "This provocative and unique work reveals the influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America. Tracing this phenomenon from its roots in Victorian Britain, Rumors of War and Infernal Machines offers an exploration of how fictional speculations on emergent or imaginary military technologies profoundly influence the political agendas and actions of modern superpower states. Charles Gannon convincingly demonstrates that military fiction anticipated and even influenced the evolution of the tank, the development of the airplane, and also the bitter political battles within Britain's War Office and the Admiralty. In the United States, future-fictions and Cold War thrillers were an officially acknowledged factor in the Pentagon's research and development agendas, and often gave rise - and shape - to the R & D agendas that engendered technologies as diverse as automation, atomic weaponry, aerospace vehicles, and the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars"). Gannon's book uncovers a striking relationship between the increasing political influence of speculative military fiction and the parallel rise of superpower states and their technocentric ideologies. With its detailed political, historical, and literary analysis of the American and European fascination with hi-tech warfare, this study will appeal to students, general readers, literary and cultural scholars, and military and history enthusiasts alike."--Jacket.
Subject : Imaginary wars and battles in literature.
Subject : Literature and technology-- English-speaking countries.
Subject : Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Subject : Science fiction, English-- History and criticism.
Subject : Speculative fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Subject : Speculative fiction, English-- History and criticism.
Subject : War and literature-- English-speaking countries.
Subject : War in literature.
Subject : War stories, American-- History and criticism.
Subject : War stories, English-- History and criticism.
Subject : Art et science militaires dans la littérature.
Subject : Guerre dans la littérature.
Subject : Guerre et littérature-- Pays anglophones.
Subject : Guerres et batailles imaginaires dans la littérature.
Subject : Littérature et technologie-- Pays anglophones.
Subject : Récits de guerre américains-- Histoire et critique.
Subject : Récits de guerre anglais-- Histoire et critique.
Subject : Science-fiction américaine-- Histoire et critique.
Subject : Science-fiction anglaise-- Histoire et critique.
Subject : Technologie dans la littérature.
Subject : Imaginary wars and battles in literature.
Subject : Literature and technology.
Subject : Science fiction, American.
Subject : Science fiction, English.
Subject : Speculative fiction, American.
Subject : Speculative fiction, English.
Subject : War and literature.
Subject : War in literature.
Subject : War stories, American.
Subject : War stories, English.
Subject : Amerikaans.
Subject : Engels.
Subject : Massavernietigingswapens.
Subject : Oorlogvoering.
Subject : Politici.
Subject : Receptie.
Subject : Science fiction.
Subject : English-speaking countries.
Dewey Classification : ‭813/.0876209358‬
LC Classification : ‭PS374.S35‬‭G36 2005‬
NLM classification : ‭18.05‬bcl
: ‭18.06‬bcl
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