We all have various classes of novels that we like to read in our spare time, but sometimes it's fun to step outside our comfort zone and try something new. For some people, war novels are that something. Although these are not written about actual people, they are often based around real events and the context within which they are written is often historically accurate in order for the author to gain credibility. Special forces military fiction novels are a type of war novel.
Most 21st century war novels are set in just about every continent apart from North America. While this generation of war stories will be mainly about the Gulf wars and the Balkan conflicts, the Baby Boomer generation were generating stories about the Vietnam War. Their parents were living and writing about Korea and World War II. The next generation could well feature inter-planetary conflicts.
A hot topic today is the special operations forces, like the Navy SEALs. These units have fewer people, so the cast of characters is easier to maintain. Modern wars no longer take place on huge battlefields so they need a new approach from that of our ancestors. Enter the special ops teams.
War leaves a powerful mark upon a person's life and writing about it can be cathartic. This could explain the plethora of series of novels, such as Josef Black's, "The Blades, " a series of novels about SAS special ops. The latest book is set in 1997 during the uneasy peace following conflict in the Balkans. Previous novels were set in Sierra Leone, Colombia, Paris, London, and even Las Vegas.
Another series of military fiction stories are Scott Nicholson's "AFTER" books, a series of stories about a world recovering from a catastrophic solar storm that wipes out the world's computers and kills billions of people. Those who survive have to contend with not only a world without Facebook, but a strange new violent race of people they call the Zapheads.
For a real adventure, try military sci-fi. These novels take true stories based on historical conflicts and then amend them so they are set in the future and involve galaxies, not just countries. An example of a futuristic setting that refers back to ancient history is the Star Trek TNG episode where Captain Picard is in a situation similar to that of King Gilgamesh of Mesopotamia in the third millennium B. C.
It was classicists like Homer and Virgil with the "Iliad" and "The Aenid, " respectively. Though not based purely on fact, it is possible to pick up a sense of how things were by picking up contextual details.
So, what next for 21st century war stories and beyond? Emerging stories will most likely concern the emerging cold war between Russia and a growing contingent of the western world. What is really going to set the cat amongst the pigeons is if the Navy decide, as they are in the process of doing, whether to include women in special ops units like the Navy SEALs. We could see a whole new generation of heroins and an added dimension of human wartime relationships.
Most 21st century war novels are set in just about every continent apart from North America. While this generation of war stories will be mainly about the Gulf wars and the Balkan conflicts, the Baby Boomer generation were generating stories about the Vietnam War. Their parents were living and writing about Korea and World War II. The next generation could well feature inter-planetary conflicts.
A hot topic today is the special operations forces, like the Navy SEALs. These units have fewer people, so the cast of characters is easier to maintain. Modern wars no longer take place on huge battlefields so they need a new approach from that of our ancestors. Enter the special ops teams.
War leaves a powerful mark upon a person's life and writing about it can be cathartic. This could explain the plethora of series of novels, such as Josef Black's, "The Blades, " a series of novels about SAS special ops. The latest book is set in 1997 during the uneasy peace following conflict in the Balkans. Previous novels were set in Sierra Leone, Colombia, Paris, London, and even Las Vegas.
Another series of military fiction stories are Scott Nicholson's "AFTER" books, a series of stories about a world recovering from a catastrophic solar storm that wipes out the world's computers and kills billions of people. Those who survive have to contend with not only a world without Facebook, but a strange new violent race of people they call the Zapheads.
For a real adventure, try military sci-fi. These novels take true stories based on historical conflicts and then amend them so they are set in the future and involve galaxies, not just countries. An example of a futuristic setting that refers back to ancient history is the Star Trek TNG episode where Captain Picard is in a situation similar to that of King Gilgamesh of Mesopotamia in the third millennium B. C.
It was classicists like Homer and Virgil with the "Iliad" and "The Aenid, " respectively. Though not based purely on fact, it is possible to pick up a sense of how things were by picking up contextual details.
So, what next for 21st century war stories and beyond? Emerging stories will most likely concern the emerging cold war between Russia and a growing contingent of the western world. What is really going to set the cat amongst the pigeons is if the Navy decide, as they are in the process of doing, whether to include women in special ops units like the Navy SEALs. We could see a whole new generation of heroins and an added dimension of human wartime relationships.
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