John Christopher - Weapon

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WEAPON

John Christopher

This is a shock-treatment story, its warning much more familiar these

days than when it was first published in 1950, yet its effectiveness

undiminished thanks to the special ingenuity and skilfulness of the

treatment. In recent years, science fiction's thoughts on the possibilities

of the nuclear age have become noticeably more devious; sf is, after all, a

genre one of whose largest preoccupations is the deliberate denial of

commonplaces. It seldom, however, denies them beyond reason - for even

a clichi may sometimes be true. What it can and does do - as here - is

give a rational generally-accepted view new plausibility by means of a

wholly fresh imaginative approach.

I suppose they thought they had to have one representative of the Army

along; possibly I got the invitation because I was once reported as saying

that not all politicians were stupid and corrupt. I went on to say that in

my view those that were not stupid were corrupt and vice versa, but that

part was left out. Anyway, there I stood, on a bright spring morning, an

island of brass entirely surrounded by civilians. It was easy to tell the

politicians from the scientists. It was a scientists' occasion; the politicians,

for once, looked abashed.

Professor Norwood, who had a reputation that even I could be expected

to have heard of, called us to order.

"Gentlemen," he said, "and" - he smiled towards me -"General Sands,

before we go next door I think it may be as well to say a few words. You all

have some idea of the importance of our meeting here, and some of my

colleagues, of course, know more about the actual work than I do, but

there will be others" - another friendly smile for the general - "who are still

in the dark as to what has been going on. That is natural enough, because

it has been kept very secret. And it has been kept very secret because it

represents the greatest weapon this - or any other country - has ever had."

That depressed me, of course. There is a belief that soldiers enjoy

hearing about new weapons, but it is a belief strictly confined to civilians.

No new weapon has ever been anything but a nuisance to the men who

have to administer the army, however necessary it was.

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