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Readers these days are familiar with the basic concept of military science fiction. Works that would now be classified as MilSF date back to the early days of the genre. However, it is widely agreed amongst the writer of this essay that the idea of military SF as a specific subgenre with its own well-defined conventions didn't really gel until the 1980s. For example, the frequency of the terms "military science fiction" and "military SF" suggest few people were discussing that sort of story using those particular terms before the 1980s.