The latest copies of SOTQ (Soldiers of the Queen, the quarterly journal of the Victorian Military Society) arrived in the post a couple of days ago, and I have now had a chance to read them.
SOTQ 172
The articles included in this issue are:
SOTQ 173
The articles included in this issue are:
I particularly enjoyed Roger Stearn’s Chesney's Battle of Dorking in context as I have read and enjoyed Chesney’s book and several other books in the future-war genre.
I understand that the Victorian Military Society has experienced some production difficulties with regard to SOTQ, which resulted in the delayed publication of SOTQ 172. These problems now appear to have been resolved, which is why both issues arrived together.
SOTQ 172
The articles included in this issue are:
- Chesney's Battle of Dorking in context: The future-war fiction genre by Dr Roger T Stearn
- Origins of the Legion of Frontiersmen and the formation of MI5/6 by Dr Anne Samson
- Grey Glory or Scarlet Splendour? by Graham Gilmore
- Book Reviews by Dr Roger T Stearn
- Officers of the Victorian Military Society
SOTQ 173
The articles included in this issue are:
- The Cavalry Journal 1906 – 1914 by Dr Andrew Windrow
- Letter to the Editor
- Was Captain Nolan unusual in having an unrecorded grave? by Dr Mike Hinton
- The Queen's Hard Bargains – : A Company, 24th Foot at Military Odyssey 2018 by Tim Rose
- The Anglo-Boer War Diary of Private Charles Holmes, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment
- Book Reviews by Dr Roger T Stearn and Dan Allen
- Officers of the Victorian Military Society
I particularly enjoyed Roger Stearn’s Chesney's Battle of Dorking in context as I have read and enjoyed Chesney’s book and several other books in the future-war genre.
I understand that the Victorian Military Society has experienced some production difficulties with regard to SOTQ, which resulted in the delayed publication of SOTQ 172. These problems now appear to have been resolved, which is why both issues arrived together.
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Looks good Bob- like you I am a fan of the future- war genre.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
Pete.,
DeleteIt puts the original BATTLE OF DORKING book into context with regard to the time when it was published as well as looking at some of the later future-war genre books.
All the best,
Bob
Thanks for that info Bob- would you say that it adds anything to the work of Clarke?
DeleteCheers,
Pete.
Pete.,
DeleteIt mentions the work of I F Clarke, but as this article was the text of a very general introductory talk to the genre at a recent VMS event, it adds nothing new.
All the best,
Bob