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Book Synopsis"The literature of ideas." When author Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary mainstream. As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact.
To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world - experts in leadership and strategy, senior policy advisors and analysts, professional educators and innovators, experienced storytellers, and ground-level military leaders - to help us better understand ourselves through the lens of science fiction.
Each chapter of
To Boldly Go draws out the lessons that we can learn from science fiction, drawing on classic examples of the genre in ways that are equally relatable and entertaining. A chapter on the burdens of leadership by Ghost Fleet author August Cole launches readers into cosmos with Captain Avatar aboard the space battleship Yamato. In another chapter, the climactic Battle of the Mutara Nebula from The Wrath of Khan weighs the advantages of experience over intelligence in the pursuit of strategy. What does inter-species conflict in science fiction tell us about our perspectives on social Darwinism? Whether using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to explore the nuances of maritime strategy or The Expanse to better understand the threat poses by depleted natural resources,
To Boldly Go provides thoughtful essays on relevant subjects that will appeal to business leaders, military professionals, and fans of science fiction alike.
Trade ReviewThe anthology has a range of sources and topics as impressive as the contributing authors, who have produced 35 essays, organized into six parts, covering themes from individual command responsibility to civil-military relations to the problems sentient machines pose. * Parameters *
The authors convey the various nuances of leadership throughout the book’s essays...a must read for all strategists and military leaders at any level as well as State Department personnel who work with a variety of people from different cultures. * Military Review 07/12/2022 *
Table of ContentsForeword - Major General Mick Ryan Introduction PART I: THE CAPTAIN’S HAND 1 Space Battleship Yamato and the Burden of Command - August Cole 2 Of X-Wings and Y-Wings - Kera Rolsen 3 Adama’s Unequal Dialogue - Mick Cook 4 Earth Must Come First! - Jo Brick 5 You’re Not Ender Wiggins, and That’s Okay - Will Meddings 6 Princess Leia and the Strategic Art of Métis - Heather S. Gregg 7 Want to Know More? - Jess Ward PART II: THE FINAL FRONTIER 8 Yours is the Superior - Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard 9 The Empire’s New Hope - James Groves 10 Graff’s Game - Thomas Bruscino 11 From Tactics to Galactic Grand Strategy - Major General Mick Ryan 12 Where No Port Has Gone Before - Timothy Choi 13 Sun Tzu, Ender, and the Old Man - Kathleen J. McInnis PART III: THE PRIME DIRECTIVE 14 All That You Touch You Change - Jacqueline E. Whitt 15 Romulans and Remans - Max Brooks 16 Are We Such Apostles of Mercy? - Janeen Webb 17 Beware the Beast Man-Steven Leonard 18 Flag Follows Trade - Theresa Hitchens 19 The Vice Admiral and the Flyboy-Kelsey Cipolla 20 I Exist Only to Serve - Julie M. Still and Kelly A. Lelito PART IV: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 21 One Voice in the Night - Clara Engle 22 There’s No Screaming in Space - Jon Niccum 23 The Final Frontier - Erica Iverson 24 Blood Lessons - M. L. Cavanaugh 25 You Rebel Scum! - Jonathan Klug 26 Calm Men Who Deal Death Wholesale - Rebecca Jensen PART V: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES 27 We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here - Margarita Konaev 28 Things We Learned from Captain Trips - Craig and Steve Whiteside 29 Musings on the Murderbot - Elsa B. Kania 30 Man > Machine - Liam Collins 31 You Can’t Hide From the Things You’ve Done - Francis J. H. Park PART VI: THE DARK SIDE 32 The Mark of Locutus - David Calder 33 From Darth Vader to Dark Helmet - Dan Ward 34 To Live and Die at My Command - Jonathan Klug 35 The Mirror Crack’d - Steven Leonard Contributors Index
