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.

Space battleship Yamato and the burden of command /August Cole -- X-Wings and Y-Wings / Kera Rolsen -- Adama's unequal dialogue / Mick Cook -- Earth must come first! / Jo Brick -- You're not Ender Wiggin, and that's okay / Will Meddings -- Princess Leia and the strategic art of Métis / Heather S. Gregg -- Want to know more? / Jess Ward -- Yours is the superior / Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard -- The Empire's new hope / James Groves -- Graff's game / Thomas Bruscino -- From tactics to galactic grand strategy / Major General Mick Ryan -- Where no port has gone before / Timothy Choi -- Sun Tzu, Ender, and the Old Man / Kathleen J. McInnis -- All that you touch will change / Jacqueline E. Whitt -- Romulans and Remans / Max Brooks -- Are we such apostles of mercy? / Janeen Webb -- Beware the Beast Man / Steven Leonard -- Flag follows the trade / Theresa Hitchens -- The Vice Admiral and the Flyboy / Kelsey Cipolla -- I exist only to serve / Julie M. Still and Kelly A. Lelito -- One voice in the night / Clara Engle -- There's no screaming in space / Jon Niccum -- The final frontier / Erica Iverson -- Blood lessons / M. L. Cavanaugh -- You rebel scum! / Jonathan Klug -- Calm men who deal death wholesale -- Rebecca Jensen -- We don't serve their kind here / Margarita Konaev -- Things we learned from Captain Trips / Craig and Steve Whiteside -- Musings on the Murderbot / Elsa B. Kania -- You can't hide from what you've done / Francis J. H. Park -- The Mark of Locutus / David Calder -- From Darth Vader to Dark Helmet / Dan Ward -- To live and die at my command / Jonathan Klug -- The mirror crack'd / Steven Leonard.