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Space warfare in science fiction

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930:, concentrating on large-scale space battles with futuristic weapons. At one extreme, the genre is used to speculate about future wars involving space travel, or the effects of such a war on humans; at the other, it consists of the use of military fiction plots with some superficial science-fiction trappings. The term "military space opera" is occasionally used to denote this subgenre, as used for example by critic Sylvia Kelso when describing 3397: 3407: 416: 354: 1075: 1087: 2521: 691:(1893) featured self-styled "Terrorists" armed with then-nonexistent arms and armour such as airships, submarines, and high explosives. The inclusion of yet-nonexistent technology became a standard part of the genre. Griffith's last "future war" story was 888:. It and its three successor novels exemplify the present form of space warfare in science fiction, as giant spaceships employ great ray guns that send bolts of energy across space to shatter planets in a war between humans and alien species. 717:
and wars between Earth and other planets, and encouraged writers of "future war" fiction to employ wider settings than had been available for "naturalistic" fiction. Wells' several other "future war" stories included the atomic war novel
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The modern form of space warfare in science fiction, in which mobile spaceships battle both planets and one another with destructive superweapons, appeared with the advent of
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and resulted in the alienation of the protagonists from the human civilization on whose behalf they were fighting. Both novels have in the past been required reading at the
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cantina, in particular, were based on Western themes. These science fiction-films and television series offered the themes and morals that Westerns previously did.
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Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants
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that can trace its roots back to classical times, and to the "future war" novels of the 19th century. With the modern age, directly with franchises as
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in the mid-1950s, science-fiction themes and space Westerns grew more popular. By the mid-1960s, classic Western films fell out of favor and
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Some IPs also feature super-battleship vessels, which are massive warships several kilometers in length, dwarfing even battleships.
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universe, officers of Systems Commonwealth ships follow naval ranking, but Lancers (soldiers analogous to Marines) use army ranks.
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Many science-fiction series prominently feature starfighters operating together with larger ships. Prominent examples include the
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considers Serviss' story to be the first space opera, although the work most widely regarded as the first space opera is
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also make appearances, with some IPs featuring them as the largest and most powerful ships. Prominent example is the
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series of novels portrays several of such space navies such as the Royal Manticoran Navy, which imitate themes from
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in a week, would be required to overcome the gravity that holds together an Earth-sized planet. The destruction of
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are generally among the largest types of ships, though the three terms are often used interchangeably. Dedicated
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battle tactics in the Honorverse are much like those of Nelson, with the simple addition of a third dimension.
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Several writers in the 1980s were accused of writing fiction as part of a propaganda campaign in favour of the
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are often seen as among the smaller ships of the fleet, though in many IPs, both classifications are not used.
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depicts an imperial war between the king of the Sun and the king of the Moon over the right to colonise the
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of energy, millions of times more than would be necessary to break the planet apart at a slower rate.
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Destruction of planets and stars has been a frequently used aspect of interstellar warfare since the
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Martha Bartter (1999). "Young Adults, Science Fiction, and War". In Charles Wm. Sullivan (ed.).
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are rare in science fiction, though not non-existent, featuring prominently in few IPs, such as
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David Pringle (2000-01-30). "What is this thing called space opera?". In Gary Westfahl (ed.).
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are often the smallest ships in science fiction navies, though some do feature even smaller
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Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, (1926-1970)
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onwards have examined the morality and consequences of space warfare. With Heinlein's
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claimed in 1939 that bullets would be a more effective weapon in a real space battle.
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Though it can differ on the IP, classes of ships are most commonly based on those of
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The Popular And The Canonical: Debating Twentieth-century Literature 1940–2000
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novels present a view of space warfare that simply transplants the naval warfare of
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are the opposite of interceptors and are primarily meant to attack enemy warships.
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The Science In Science Fiction: 83 SF Predictions That Became Scientific Reality
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rejuvenated Westerns by updating them with science-fiction themes.
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Darren Harris-Fain (2005). "After the New Wave, 1970–1976".
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series. It has been calculated that a force on the order of 10
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Fights of fancy: armed conflict in science fiction and fantasy
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universe has military spacecraft under the control of modern
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Some fictional universes have different implementations. The
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replaced them. When horror comics became untenable with the
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Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars
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More recent depictions of space warfare departed from the
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Several subsets of military science fiction overlap with
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presented a new frontier to be explored, and films like
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Eugene F. Mallove and Gregory L. Matloff (June 1989).
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Fictional space warfare tends to borrow elements from
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Star Wars Technical Commentaries on the Death Stars
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Index

Space warfare in fiction
Peter F. Hamilton
C. J. Cherryh
Kevin J. Anderson
Orson Scott Card
Timothy Zahn
David Weber
David Drake
John Ringo
Larry Niven
Space opera
Space Western
Planetary Romance
Sword and Planet
Science Fantasy
Space warfare
science fiction
Star Wars
Star Trek
interstellar or intergalactic war
plot device
space opera
space Western
Willy Ley
List of fictional doomsday devices
joules
sun
Alderaan
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
joules

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