Lance M. Bacon, Navy Times/Marine Corps Times: Marines ask science fiction enthusiasts to describe future threats
The Marine Corps is looking to get its geek on.
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab will team three acclaimed science fiction authors with 17 service members who demonstrate creative skill in the genre. Organizers are teaming them up to create a compelling, credible narrative of what the world might look like in 30 years.
Marine leaders will then use the insight to better understand — and prepare for — the future fight.
The Science Fiction Futures Workshop will be held in Quantico on Feb. 3. Participants will work with "Ghost Fleet" author August Cole, "World War Z" author Max Brooks, and Charles E. Gannon, who wrote "Fire with Fire" and "Trial by Fire."
Cole's book is a futuristic thriller about the next global conflict. Brooks' "World War Z," which also hit the big screen in 2013, is about a zombie outbreak. And Gannon's books examine the possibility of war with aliens.
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WNU Editor: I have always enjoyed the science fiction/speculative fiction genre ... and I have seen through the decades on what was once considered science fiction .... drones, lasers, smart weapons, etc., .... become reality today.
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