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975811
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b730181
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Gannon, Charles E.
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Rumors of war and infernal machines : : technomilitary agenda-setting in American and British speculative fiction /\ Charles E. Gannon.
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1st Rowman & Littlefield ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littefield Publishers,, 2005.
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1 online resource (311 pages) :: illustrations
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0742568717
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: 9780742568716
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction Assessing Rumors-of War and Infernal Machines; 1 Armageddon by Gaslight: Victorian Visions of Apocalypse; 2 Opportunistic Anticipations and Accidental Insights: William Le Queux's Exploitation of Edwardian Invasion Anxieties; 3 Promoters of the Probable, Prophets of the Possible: Technological Innovation and Edwardian Near-Future War Fiction; 4 H.G. Wells: The Far-Future War Prophet of Edwardian England; 5 Hard Numbers, Hard Cases, Hard Decisions: Politics and Future-War Fiction in America.
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6 An Imperfect Future Tense(d) : Anticipations of Atomic Annihilation in Post-War American Science Fiction7 Nuclear Fiction and Silo Psychosis: Narratives of Life in the Shadow of a Mushroom Cloud; 8 Radio Waves, Death Rays, and Transgressive (Sub)Texts: Future-War Fiction in the Wide Black Yonder; 9 Making Man-Machines of Mass Destruction: Future-War Authors as Seers in an Age of Cyborg Soldiers; 10 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; Notes.
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This provocative and unique work reveals the remarkably influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America. Tracing this phenomenon from its roots in Victorian Britain, 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 R & D agendas, and often gave rise_and shape_to t.
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Imaginary wars and battles in literature.
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Literature and technology-- English-speaking countries.
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Military art and science in literature.
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Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, English-- History and criticism.
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Technology in literature.
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War and literature-- English-speaking countries.
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War in literature.
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War stories, American-- History and criticism.
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War stories, English-- History and criticism.
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Art et science militaires dans la littérature.
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Guerre dans la littérature.
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Guerre et littérature-- Pays anglophones.
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Guerres et batailles imaginaires dans la littérature.
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Littérature et technologie-- Pays anglophones.
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Récits de guerre américains-- Histoire et critique.
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Récits de guerre anglais-- Histoire et critique.
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Science-fiction américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Science-fiction anglaise-- Histoire et critique.
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Technologie dans la littérature.
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Imaginary wars and battles in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and technology.
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Military art and science in literature.
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Science fiction, American.
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Science fiction, English.
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Technology in literature.
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War and literature.
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War in literature.
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War stories, American.
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War stories, English.
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Amerikaans.
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Engels.
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Massavernietigingswapens.
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Oorlogvoering.
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Politici.
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Receptie.
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Science fiction.
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English-speaking countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.0876209358
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| LC Classification
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PS374.S35G36 2005eb
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