Celebrating Military SF

military science fiction There is one thing you can be sure of, modern science fiction gives us plenty of choice to choose from when it comes to sub-genres. Of course, it all depends on who you speak to about what may, or may not, make it onto the list but, for arguments sake, here are a few of what makes it onto my list. Alien Invasion A. I. (Artificial Intelligence | Nano Tech | Virtual) Colonisation (also: Terraforming) Dystopian First Contact Galactic Empire Generational Ships Military SF Near Future Parallel Universes Post Apocalypse Robots & Androids (see also AI above) Space Exploration Space Opera Time Travel Utopian Of these, I think I dislike time travel the most, while on the flip side, one of my favourites is military SF. But what is it about one that I dislike, and what is it about the other, that I like? Well, I thought you would never ask. Time travel, by its very nature is, for me at least, problematic from the get go. But let's make it clear, for us, as humans—and I…