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 of today's war novels are set outside the United States. Most 21st century conflicts are in practically every other continent apart from North America. The wars in which they are set tend to be in the Gulf or the Balkan states. Prior to that, Vietnam war stories were popular and before that, World War II or Korea. As tensions heat up between NATO and Russia, the next generation of war stories may well focus on an emerging Cold War II.
The special forces, such as the Navy SEALS, are a popular topic. Special ops teams tend to be smaller units, making it easier for the author to fully develop characters. Special ops teams also seem to get the most gripping, fast-paced stories.
The act of authoring a war novel can help a soldier-turned-writer come to terms with what he had to face "over there." It can serve as a catharsis. This could be why so many authors churn out series' of novels. Take Josef Black, for example, and his series called, "The Blades." His novels have been set in Colombia, London, Paris, and 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.
If you are by nature a sci-fi fan, why not try military sci-fi? Here, the plots are taken from actual historical events but brought up to date and told on a much larger scale, where battles take place between planets or galaxies instead of countries. Star Trek TNG, set in the 24th century, applied this principle in an episode featuring the story of the third century B. C. King Gilgamesh of Mesopotamia.
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's coming next in the world of the war story? There could be a big new paradigm on the horizon as the Navy considers whether to permit women to serve in special warfare combat teams or even the SEALs. The field is wide open for new heroins, new story lines and a new dimension of human wartime relationships.
Most of today's war novels are set outside the United States. Most 21st century conflicts are in practically every other continent apart from North America. The wars in which they are set tend to be in the Gulf or the Balkan states. Prior to that, Vietnam war stories were popular and before that, World War II or Korea. As tensions heat up between NATO and Russia, the next generation of war stories may well focus on an emerging Cold War II.
The special forces, such as the Navy SEALS, are a popular topic. Special ops teams tend to be smaller units, making it easier for the author to fully develop characters. Special ops teams also seem to get the most gripping, fast-paced stories.
The act of authoring a war novel can help a soldier-turned-writer come to terms with what he had to face "over there." It can serve as a catharsis. This could be why so many authors churn out series' of novels. Take Josef Black, for example, and his series called, "The Blades." His novels have been set in Colombia, London, Paris, and 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.
If you are by nature a sci-fi fan, why not try military sci-fi? Here, the plots are taken from actual historical events but brought up to date and told on a much larger scale, where battles take place between planets or galaxies instead of countries. Star Trek TNG, set in the 24th century, applied this principle in an episode featuring the story of the third century B. C. King Gilgamesh of Mesopotamia.
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's coming next in the world of the war story? There could be a big new paradigm on the horizon as the Navy considers whether to permit women to serve in special warfare combat teams or even the SEALs. The field is wide open for new heroins, new story lines and a new dimension of human wartime relationships.
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